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Useful Trigonometric Formulae

Radians 0 Degree 0 cos 1 sin 0 tan 0
6

30

3 2 1 2 3 3

45

60

2 2 2 2

1 2 3 2

90 0 1 DN E

Denition: Given the following right triangle r = Hyp x = Adj y = Opp

Adj Hyp Opp sin = Hyp Opp sin tan = = Adj cos cos =

Hyp 1 = Adj cos Hyp 1 csc = = Opp sin Adj cos cot = = Opp sin sec =

sin2 + cos2 = 1

1 + tan2 = sec2

1 + cot2 = csc2

sin(x + y ) = sin x cos y + cos x sin y sin(x y ) = sin x cos y cos x sin y sin(2x) = 2 sin x cos x

cos(x + y ) = cos x cos y sin x sin y cos(x y ) = cos x cos y + sin x sin y cos(2x) = cos2 x sin2 x = 2 cos2 x 1 = 1 2 sin2 x

Half-angle formula: cos 2x = 2 cos2 x 1 = 1 2 sin2 x cos2 x = cos 2x + 1 2 1 cos 2x sin2 x = 2

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1 (sin(A B ) + sin(A + B )) 2 1 sin A sin B = (cos(A B ) cos(A + B )) 2 1 cos A cos B = (cos(A B ) + cos(A + B )) 2 sin A cos B =

Derivatives: (cos x) = sin x (sin x) = cos x (tan x) = 1 + tan2 x = sec2 x = (sec x) = tan x sec x 1 cos2 x