Cheat Sheet – Trigonometry: Identities

Basic Multiple Angles

sin2 θ + cos2 θ =1 2 tan θ
sin2θ = 2 sin θ cos θ =
1 + tan2 θ
sec 2 θ − tan2 θ = 1
cos2θ = 2 cos2 θ − 1 = 1 − 2 sin2 θ
csc 2 θ − cot2 θ = 1 1 − tan2 θ
= cos2 θ − sin2 θ =
1 + tan2 θ
Compound Angles
sin(A + B) = sin A cos B + cos A sin B 2tanθ
tan2θ =
1 − tan2 θ
sin(A − B) = sin A cos B − cos A sin B
sin 3θ = 3 sin θ − 4 sin3 θ
cos(A + B) = cosA cosB − sinA sinB
cos 3θ = 4 cos3 θ − 3 cos θ
cos(A − B) = cosA cosB + sinA sinB
3 tan θ − tan3 θ
tan 3θ =
tan A + tan B 1 − 3 tan2 θ
tan(A + B) =
1 − tan A tan B Sub-Multiple Angles
θ
tan A − tan B θ θ 2 tan
tan(A − B) = sin θ = 2 sin cos = 2
1 + tan A tan B 2 2 1 + tan2 θ
2
cot A cot B − 1
cot(A + B) = θ θ
cot B + cot A cosθ = 2 cos2 − 1 = 1 − 2 sin2
2 2
cot A cot B + 1
cot(A − B) = 2θ
cot B − cot A θ θ 1 − tan 2
2 2
= cos − sin =
2 2 1 + tan2 θ
Sum to Product 2
C+D C−D
sin C + sin D = 2 sin cos θ
2 2 2 tan
tan θ = 2
C−D C+D θ
1 − tan2
sin C − sin D = 2 sin cos 2
2 2
Misc
C+D C−D
cos C + cos D = 2 cos cos √1 + sin2θ = |sin θ + cos θ|
2 2

C+D D−C √1 − sin2θ = |sin θ − cos θ|

cos C − cos D = 2 sin sin
2 2 sin2 A − sin2 B = sin(A + B) sin(A − B)
Product to Sum cos2 A − sin2 B = cos(A + B) cos(A − B)
2 sin A cos B = sin(A + B) + sin(A − B)
π π
cos θ + sin θ = √2sin ( + θ) = √2cos ( − θ)
2 cos A sin B = sin(A + B) − sin(A − B) 4 4
π π
2 cos A cos B = cos(A + B) + cos(A − B) cos θ − sin θ = √2sin ( − θ) = √2cos ( + θ)
4 4
2 sin A sin B = cos(A − B) − cos(A + B) π 1 + tan θ cos θ + sin θ
tan ( + θ) = =
4 1 − tan θ cos θ − sin θ
π 1 − tan θ cos θ − sin θ
tan ( − θ) = =
4 1 + tan θ cos θ + sin θ
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