Sunday, January 17, 2010

Stephanie's Reflection

1. Sine and Cosine Sum/Difference Formulas
  • cos(alpha+/-beta)=cos alpha cos beta-/+sin alpha sin beta )
  • sin(alpha+/- beta)=sin alpha cos beta +/-cos alpha sin beta
  • sin x+sin y=2sin(x+y/2)cos(x-y/2)
  • sin x-sin y=2cos(x+y/2)sin(x-y/2)
  • cos x+cos y= 2cos(x+y/2)cos(x-y/2)
  • cos x-cos y=-2sin(x+y/2)sin(x-y/2)

2. Tangent Sum/Difference Formulas
  • tan(alpha+beta)=tan alpha+tan beta/1-tan alpha tan beta
  • tan alpha-beta=tan alpha-tan beta/1+tan alpha tan beta

3. Double-Angle/Half-Angle Formulas
sin 2 alpha=2sin alpha cos alpha
  • cos 2 alpha=cos^2 alpha-sin^2 alpha=1-2sin^2 alpha=2cos^2 alpha-1
  • tan 2 alpha=2tan alpha/1-tan^2 alpha
  • sin(alpha/2)=+/-sqrt(1-cos alpha/2) cos(alpha/2)= +- sqrt(1+cos alpha/2)
  • tan(alpha/2)= +- sqrt(1-cos alpha/1+cos alpha)=sin alpha/1+cos alpha= 1-cos alpha/sin alpha

if you have a decimal, us the half-angle formulas for alpha and then multiply the decimal angle by two

1 comment:

  1. What I don't quite understand is how you know if a triangle is perfect or not. for example:
    find cos(alpha+beta) where sin alpha=4/5 and sin beta=5/3
    plug them in to cos alpha cos beta - sin alpha
    How do you draw the triangle and know what all the sides equal?

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