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Trigonometry
Trigonometric Ratio and Identites
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Let cos(α+β)=45\cos \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {4 \over 5} and sin(αβ)=513,\sin \,\,\,\left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = {5 \over {13}}, where 0α,βπ4.0 \le \alpha ,\,\beta \le {\pi \over 4}. Then tan2αtan\,2\alpha =

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cos(α+β)=45tan(α+β)=34\cos \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {4 \over 5} \Rightarrow \tan \left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) = {3 \over 4} sin(αβ)=513tan(αβ)=512\sin \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = {5 \over {13}} \Rightarrow \tan \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right) = {5 \over {12}} tan2α=tan[(α+β)+(αβ)]\tan 2\alpha = \tan \left[ {\left( {\alpha + \beta } \right) + \left( {\alpha - \beta } \right)} \right] =34+512134.512=5633 = {{{3 \over 4} + {5 \over {12}}} \over {1 - {3 \over 4}.{5 \over {12}}}} = {{56} \over {33}}

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