TRIGONOMETRIC FORMULAE

Sum formulae: Difference formulae:

• sin(𝐴 + 𝐵) = sinAcosB + cosAsinB • sin(𝐴 − 𝐵) = sinAcosB − cosAsinB

• Cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) = cosAcosB − sinAsinB • cos(𝐴 − 𝐵) = cosAcosB + sinAsinB
tanA+tanB tanA−tanB
• tan(𝐴 + 𝐵) = • tan(𝐴 − 𝐵) =
1−tanAtanB 1+tanAtanB
cotAcotB−1 cotAcotB+1
• cot(𝐴 + 𝐵) = cotB+cotA
• cot(𝐴 − 𝐵) = cotB−cotA

Sum- Product formulae: Product-sum formulae:

𝐶+𝐷 𝐶−𝐷
• sinC + sinD = 2sin ( 2 ) cos ( 2 )
𝐶+𝐷 𝐶−𝐷 • 2sinAcosB = sin(𝐴 + 𝐵) + sin(𝐴 − 𝐵)
• sinC − sinD = 2cos ( 2 ) sin ( 2 ) • 2cosAsinB = sin(𝐴 + 𝐵) − sin(𝐴 − 𝐵)
•
𝐶+𝐷 𝐶−𝐷
cosC + cosD = 2cos ( 2 ) cos ( 2 ) • 2cosAcosB = cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) + cos(𝐴 − 𝐵)
𝐶+𝐷 𝐶−𝐷 • 2sinAsinB = cos(𝐴 − 𝐵) − cos(𝐴 + 𝐵)
• cosC − cosD = −2sin ( 2 ) sin ( 2 )

Special conversion formulae: Double angle formulae:

2tanx
• sin2x = 2sinxcosx =
1+tan2 𝑥
• sin(𝐴 + 𝐵).sin(𝐴 − 𝐵) = sin2 𝐴 − sin2 𝐵
• cos2x = cos2 𝑥 − sin2 𝑥
= cos2 𝐵 − cos 2 𝐴 = 2cos2 𝑥 − 1
= 1 − 2sin2 𝑥
• cos(𝐴 + 𝐵).cos(𝐴 − 𝐵) = cos2 𝐵 − sin2 𝐴 1 − tan2 𝑥
=
= cos2 𝐵 − sin2 𝐴 1 + tan2 𝑥
2tanx
• tan2x = 1−tan2 𝑥

Triple angle formulae: Modified Double angle formulae:

• sin3A = 3sinA − 4sin3 𝐴 • sin2 𝑥 =

1−cos2x
2
• cos3A = 4cos3 𝐴 − 3cosA 1+cos2x
3tanA−tan3 𝐴 • cos2 𝑥 = 2
• tan3A = 1−3tan2 𝐴 1−cos2x
• tan2 𝑥 =
1+cos2x

T-ratios of any angle:

functions - 90-  90+  180-  180+  270-  270+ 

sin -sin  cos  cos  sin  -sin  -cos  -cos 

cos cos  sin  -sin  -cos  -cos  -sin  sin 

tan -tan  cot  -cot  -tan  tan  cot  -cot 

Ajoykumar Ravindran/OOHS