Important Trigonometric Formulae
1. sin(A + B) = sinAcos B + cos AsinB 20. 1 cos 2A = 2sin2 A
2. sin(A B) = sinAcos B cos AsinB 21. 1 + cos 2A = 2cos2 A
3. cos(A + B) = cos Acos B sinAsinB 22. 1 sin2A = (cos A sinA)2
4. cos(A B) = cos Acos B + sinAsinB 23. 1 + sin2A = (cos A + sinA)2
5. tan(A + B) = 1tanAtanAtanB
+ tanB 24. 11 + tanA
tanA = tan 4 + 2
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A
6. tan(A B) = 1tanA tanB
+ tanAtanB 25. 11 + tanA
tanA = tan
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7. cot(A + B) = cot Acot B 1
cot B + cot A 26. sin2 A sin2 B = sin(A + B) sin(A B)
8. cot(A B) = cot Bcot A + 1
cot B cot A 27. cos2 A sin2 B = cos(A + B) cos(A B)
9. sin2A = 2sinAcos A II 28. cos2 A cos I 2 B = sin(A + B) sin(A B)
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10. cos 2A = cos2 A sin2 A, 1 2sin2 A, 2cos2 A 1, 11 + tan 2 A 2sinAcos B = sin(A + B) + sin(A B)
2A
11. tan2A = 1 2tanA
tan2 A
30. 2cos AsinB = sin(A + B) sin(A B)
12. sin3A = 3sinA 4sin3 A 31. 2cos Acos B = cos(A + B) + cos(A B)
13. cos 3A = 4cos3 A 3cos A 32. 2sinAsinB = cos(A B) cos(A + B)
14. tan3A = 3tanA tan3 A
1 3tan2 A
33. sinA + sinB = 2sin A +2 B cos A 2 B
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15. sin( A) = sinA 34. sinA sinB = 2cos A +2 B sin A 2 B
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16. cos( A) = cos A 35. cos A + cos B = 2cos A +2 B cos A 2 B
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17. sin2 A + cos2 A = 1 36. cos A cos B = 2sin A +2 B sin A 2 B
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18. 1 + tan2 A = sec2 A
19. 1 + cot2 A = csc2 A
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