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Trigonometry
Trigonometric Ratio and Identites
Medium

Question

If cos(α\alpha + β\beta ) = 3/5 ,sin ( α\alpha - β\beta ) = 5/13 and 0 < α,β\alpha , \beta < π4\pi \over 4, then tan(2α\alpha ) is equal to :

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Given 0<α<π40 < \alpha < {\pi \over 4} and 0<β<π40 < \beta < {\pi \over 4} \therefore 0>β>π40 > - \beta > - {\pi \over 4} \therefore 0<α+β<π20 < \alpha + \beta < {\pi \over 2} and π4<αβ<π4 - {\pi \over 4} < \alpha - \beta < {\pi \over 4} As cos(α\alpha + β\beta ) = 3/5 so tan(α+β)=43{\tan \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {4 \over 3}} As sin( α\alpha - β\beta ) = 5/13 so tan(αβ)=512{\tan \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = {5 \over {12}}} Now tan(2α\alpha ) = tan(α\alpha + β\beta + α\alpha - β\beta ) = tan(α+β)+tan(αβ)1tan(α+β)tan(αβ){{\tan \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) + \tan \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right)} \over {1 - \tan \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right)\tan \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right)}} = 43+512143×512{{{4 \over 3} + {5 \over {12}}} \over {1 - {4 \over 3} \times {5 \over {12}}}} = 6316{{63} \over {16}}

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