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Important Trigonometric Formulas

Textbook of Algebra and Trigonometry for Class XI
Available online @ http://www.mathcity.org, Version: 1.0.2

sin 2 + cos2 = 1
sin( ) = sin

1 + tan 2 = sec2
cos( ) = cos

1 + cot 2 = csc2
tan( ) = tan

sin ( + ) = sin cos + cos sin

sin ( ) = sin cos cos sin

cos ( + ) = cos cos sin sin

tan ( + ) =

cos ( ) = cos cos + sin sin

tan + tan
1 tan tan

tan ( ) =

tan tan
1 + tan tan

sin 2 = 2sin cos

cos 2 = cos2 sin 2

tan 2 =

2 tan
1 tan 2

sin 2

1 cos
=
2
2

cos 2

1 + cos
=
2
2

tan 2

1 cos
=
2 1 + cos

3tan tan 3
3
3
cos3 = 4cos 3cos
tan 3 =
sin 3 = 3sin 4sin
2

1 3tan

sin 2 =

2tan
1 + tan 2

cos 2 =

1 tan
1 + tan 2

sin ( + ) + sin ( ) = 2sin cos

cos ( + ) + cos ( ) = 2cos cos

sin ( + ) sin ( ) = 2cos sin

cos ( + ) cos ( ) = 2sin sin

+

cos
2
2
+

cos
cos + cos = 2cos
2
2

+

sin
2
2
+

cos cos = 2sin
sin
2
2

sin + sin = 2sin

sin sin = 2cos

(
( A 1 B

)
B 1 A )

sin 1 A + sin 1 B = sin 1 A 1 B 2 + B 1 A2

sin 1 A sin 1 B = sin 1

cos 1 A + cos 1 B = cos1 AB

cos 1 A cos 1 B = cos1 AB +

tan 1 A + tan 1 B = tan 1

A+ B
1 AB

(1 A )(1 B )
2

(1 A )(1 B )
2

tan 1 A tan 1 B = tan 1

A B
1 + AB

Three Steps to solve sin n

Step I: First check that n is even or odd

Step II: If n is even then the answer will be in sin and if the n is odd then sin will be converted to cos
and vice virsa (i.e. cos will be converted to sin).
Step III: Now check in which quadrant n

is lying if it is in Ist or IInd quadrant the answer

2

will be positive as sin is positive in these quadrants and if it is in the IIIrd or IVth quadrant the
answer will be negative.
e.g.
sin 667 o = sin ( 7(90) + 37 )
Since n = 7 is odd so answer will be in cos and 667 is in IVth quadrant and sin is ive in IVth
o
o
quadrant therefore answer will be in negative. i.e sin 667 = cos37
Similar technique is used for other trigonometric ratios. i.e tan cot and sec csc .

Made By: Atiq ur Rehman Email: atiq@mathcity.org

Corrected by: Salman Zaidi

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