Trigonometric Identities
1. Sum and Difference Formulas
sin(A + B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B
sin(A − B) = sin A cos B − cos A sin B
cos(A + B) = cos A cos B − sin A sin B
cos(A − B) = cos A cos B + sin A sin B
tan A + tan B
tan(A + B) =
1 − tan A tan B
tan A − tan B
tan(A − B) =
1 + tan A tan B
cot B cot A − 1
cot(A + B) =
cot B + cot A
cot B cot A + 1
cot(A − B) =
cot B − cot A
2. Double Angle Formulas
2 tan θ
sin 2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ =
1 + tan2 θ
1 − tan2 θ
cos 2θ = cos2 θ − sin2 θ = 2 cos2 θ − 1 = 1 − 2 sin2 θ =
1 + tan2 θ
2 tan θ
tan 2θ =
1 − tan2 θ
3. Triple Angle Formulas
sin 3θ = 3 sin θ − 4 sin3 θ
cos 3θ = 4 cos3 θ − 3 cos θ
3 tan θ − tan3 θ
tan 3θ =
1 − 3 tan2 θ
4. Sum to Product Formulas
A+B A−B
cos A + cos B = 2 cos cos
2 2
A+B A−B
cos A − cos B = −2 sin sin
2 2
A+B A−B
sin A + sin B = 2 sin cos
2 2
A+B A−B
sin A − sin B = 2 cos sin
2 2
5. Product to Sum Formulas
2 cos A cos B = cos(A + B) + cos(A − B)
−2 sin A sin B = cos(A + B) − cos(A − B)
2 sin A cos B = sin(A + B) + sin(A − B)
2 cos A sin B = sin(A + B) − sin(A − B)
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6. Square Identities (Corrected)
1 − cos 2θ
sin2 θ =
2
1 + cos 2θ
cos2 θ =
2
7. Half Angle Formulas
2 θ
1 − cos θ = 2 sin
2
2 θ
1 + cos θ = 2 cos
2