Sum & Difference Formulas

Objective: Be able to use sum & difference formulas to find trig functions of
non-unit circle values, simplify, verify, solve, etc, etc.

TS: Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

Warm-Up: Find the exact value of each.

a) sin(390°+120°)

b) sin390° + sin120°
 Sum and Difference Formulas

sin(u  v)  sin u cos v  cos u sin v

sin(u  v)  sin u cos v  cos u sin v
cos(u  v)  cos u cos v  sin u sin v
cos(u  v)  cos u cos v  sin u sin v

tan u  tan v tan u  tan v

tan(u  v)  tan(u  v) 
1  tan u tan v 1  tan u tan v
 Using Sum/Diff to Find Exact
Values
Find the sine for 285°, using the fact
285°=330° – 45°
 Using Sum/Diff to Find Exact
Values
Find the cosine for 5
12
 Using Sum/Diff to Find Exact
Values
Find tan(u+v) where sin(u) = -7/25 & cos(v) = -4/5.
Both u & v are in quadrant III.
 Using Sum/Diff to Simplify
Write the expression as the sine, cosine or tangent
of an angle.

a) cos(0.88)cos(0.34)+sin(0.88)sin(0.34)

4  4 
b) sin cos  cos sin
9 8 9 8
 Using Sum/Diff to Verify
Verify the identity
sin(x + y)sin(x – y) = sin2x – sin2y
Verify each identity You Try!
1) sin(3π - x) = sinx
2) cos(x + y) + cos(x - y) = 2cosxcosy
3) sin(   )
 tan   tan 
cos  cos 
Solve for x in the interval [0, 2π)
4)  
2sin  x    3 tan   x   0   5 
Ans :  , 
 2 6 6 
   5 7 
5) cos( x  )  cos( x  )  1 Ans :  , 
4 4  4 4 