Thursday, July 18, 2013

Show that sin 2x=2tan x/(1+tan^2x)?

We'll manage the LHS.


We'll
write the formula that writes the sine of double angle in terms of sine and cosine of
the angle.


sin 2x = 2 sin x*cos
x


Now, we'll multiply and divide by cos x the right side,
to create the tangent function:


sin 2x = 2 sin x*cos x*cos
x/cos x


sin 2x = 2 tan x*`cos^(2)`
x


But, from Pythagorean identity, we'll
have:


1 + `tan^(2)` x = 1/`cos^(2)` x => `cos^(2)` x
= 1/(1+`tan^(2)` x)


sin 2x = 2 tan x/(1 + `tan^(2)`
x)


Therefore, the identity sin 2x = 2 tan
x/(1 + `tan^(2)` x) is verified.

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