Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Analytic Trigonometry - Section 6.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 6.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 510: 88

Answer

$\frac{1-uv}{\sqrt {1+u^2}\sqrt {1+v^2}}, u\in(-\infty,\infty),v\in(-\infty,\infty)$.

Work Step by Step

1. Let $tan^{-1}(u)=x$, we have $tan(x)=u, sin(x)=\frac{u}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}, cos(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}$ 2. Let $tan^{-1}(v)=y$, we have $tan(y)=v, sin(y)=\frac{v}{\sqrt {1+v^2}}, cos(y)=\frac{1}{\sqrt {1+v^2}}$ 3. Thus $cos(x+y)=cos(x)cos(y)-sin(x)sin(y)=\frac{1}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}\cdot\frac{1}{\sqrt {1+v^2}}-\frac{u}{\sqrt {1+u^2}}\cdot\frac{v}{\sqrt {1+v^2}}=\frac{1-uv}{\sqrt {1+u^2}\sqrt {1+v^2}}, u\in(-\infty,\infty),v\in(-\infty,\infty)$.
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