# trigonometry Prove indentity

• March 19th 2009, 08:54 PM
manutd4life
trigonometry Prove indentity
[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Asus/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]Cotx - tanx = 2cot2x

• March 20th 2009, 12:04 AM
Prove It
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Originally Posted by manutd4life
[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Asus/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]Cotx - tanx = 2cot2x

You need to know that

$\cos^2{x} - \sin^2{x} = \cos{2x}$

and

$2\sin{x}\cos{x} = \sin{2x} \implies \sin{x}\cos{x} = \frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}$.

These are proved using the sum formulas (which are proven here)

Proof of the sum and difference formulas.

Trigonometric identities

$\cot{x} - \tan{x} = \frac{\cos{x}}{\sin{x}} - \frac{\sin{x}}{\cos{x}}$

$= \frac{\cos{x}}{\sin{x}}\times\frac{\cos{x}}{\cos{x }} - \frac{\sin{x}}{\cos{x}}\times\frac{\sin{x}}{\sin{x }}$

$= \frac{\cos^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}} - \frac{\sin^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}}$

$= \frac{\cos^2{x} - \sin^2{x}}{\frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}}$

$= \frac{2\cos{2x}}{\sin{2x}}$

$= 2\cot{2x}$.
• March 20th 2009, 12:47 AM
manutd4life
i have not understand this part clearly
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Originally Posted by Prove It

$= \frac{\cos{x}}{\sin{x}}\times\frac{\cos{x}}{\cos{x }} - \frac{\sin{x}}{\cos{x}}\times\frac{\sin{x}}{\sin{x }}$

$= \frac{\cos^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}} - \frac{\sin^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}}$

$= \frac{\cos^2{x} - \sin^2{x}}{\frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}}$

please help how u got this ${\frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}}$
• March 20th 2009, 01:00 AM
Prove It
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Originally Posted by manutd4life
i have not understand this part clearly

please help how u got this ${\frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}}$

$\frac{\cos^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}} - \frac{\sin^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}} = \frac{\cos^2{x}-\sin^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}} = \frac{\cos{2x}}{\frac{1}{2}\sin{2x}}$
• March 20th 2009, 01:02 AM
manutd4life
Thank you very much