Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - Addition and Subtraction Formulas - 7.2 Exercises - Page 553: 78

Answer

$\tan (s+t)=\dfrac{\tan s+\tan t}{1-\tan s \tan t}$

Work Step by Step

Use the identities $\cos (s+t)=\cos s \cos t -\sin s \sin t$ and $\sin (s+t)=\sin s \cos t +\cos s \sin t$ $\tan (s+t)=\dfrac{\sin (s+t)}{\cos (s+t)}$ This gives: $\tan (s+t)=\dfrac{\sin s \cos t +\cos s \sin t}{\cos s \cos t -\sin s \sin t$}$ or, $\tan (s+t)=\dfrac{\dfrac{\sin s}{\cos s}+\dfrac{\sin t}{\cos t}}{1-(\dfrac{\sin s}{\cos s})(\dfrac{\sin t}{\cos t})}$ Thus, $\tan (s+t)=\dfrac{\tan s+\tan t}{1-\tan s \tan t}$
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