Trig Proof

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August 28th 2010, 02:43 PM
jacs

Trig Proof

I have a trig proof i have come at from every way i can think of and just can't make it work

If a/sin A = b/cos A, show that sin A cos A = (ab)/(a^2 + b^2)

thanks
August 28th 2010, 03:18 PM
Archie Meade

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Originally Posted by jacs

I have a trig proof i have come at from every way i can think of and just can't make it work

If a/sin A = b/cos A, show that sin A cos A = (ab)/(a^2 + b^2)

thanks

$\displaystyle\frac{a}{SinA}=\frac{b}{CosA}\Rightar row\ \frac{a}{b}=\frac{SinA}{CosA},\ \frac{b}{a}=\frac{CosA}{SinA}$

Then

$\displaystyle\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{a}=\frac{a^2+b^2 }{ab}$

Work that out and invert the result.
August 28th 2010, 03:38 PM
jacs

Thanks, figured it out now. Never would have thought to do it that way on my own!

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