Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - Half-Angle Formulas - 5.4 Problem Set - Page 304: 5

Answer

$ \dfrac{1-\cos{y}}{\sin{y}}$

Work Step by Step

$\tan{A} = \dfrac{\sin{A}}{\cos{A}}$ $\tan{A} = \dfrac{\sin{A}}{\cos{A}} \times \dfrac{\sin{A}}{\sin{A}}$ $\tan{A} = \dfrac{\sin^2{A}}{\cos{A} \sin{A}}$ $\because \sin^2{A} = \dfrac{1-\cos{2A}}{2} \hspace{30pt} \& \hspace{30pt} \cos{A}\sin{A} = \dfrac{1}{2}\sin{2A}$ $\therefore \tan{A} = \dfrac{1-\cos{2A}}{\sin{2A}}$ Replacing $A$ by $\dfrac{y}{2}$ $\tan{\dfrac{y}{2}} = \dfrac{1-\cos{y}}{\sin{y}}$
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