addition and subtraction identities (trigonometry)

Addition and subtraction identities

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Here, \[PQ=CD\]
Using the distance formula \[c=\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}\]

\begin{align*} PQ&=\sqrt{(\cos\alpha-\cos\beta)^{2}+(\sin\alpha-\sin\beta)^{2}}\\ &=\sqrt{\cos^{2}\alpha-2\cos\alpha\cos\beta+\cos^{2}\beta+\sin^{2}\alpha-2\sin\alpha\sin\beta+\sin^{2}\beta}\\ &=\sqrt{2-2\cos\alpha\cos\beta-2\sin\alpha\sin\beta}\\ CD&=\sqrt{(\cos(\alpha-\beta)-1)^{2}+(\sin(\alpha-\beta))^{2}}\\ &=\sqrt{\cos^{2}(\alpha-\beta)-2\cos(\alpha-\beta)+1+\sin^{2}(\alpha-\beta)}\\ \end{align*}

Combining \[PQ\] and \[CD\], we get

\begin{align*} 2-2\cos\alpha\cos\beta-2\sin\alpha\sin\beta&=-2\cos(\alpha-\beta)+2\\ \cos\alpha\cos\beta+\sin\alpha\sin\beta&=\cos(\alpha-\beta)\\ \therefore \cos(\alpha-\beta)=\cos\alpha\cos\beta+\sin\alpha\sin\beta \end{align*}

Now, if we write \[\cos(\alpha+\beta)=\cos(\alpha-(-\beta))\]

\begin{align*} \cos(\alpha+\beta)&=\cos(\alpha-(-\beta))\\ &=\cos\alpha\cos(-\beta)+\sin\alpha\sin(-\beta)\\ &=\cos\alpha\cos\beta+\sin\alpha(-\sin\beta)\\ &=\cos\alpha\cos\beta-\sin\alpha\sin\beta\\ \end{align*}

Therefore, we can conclude \[\cos(\alpha\pm \beta)=\cos\alpha\cos\beta\mp\sin\alpha\sin\beta\].

As for the \[\sin(\alpha\pm\beta)\], we will use the co-function identities, \[\sin\alpha=\cos(90^{\circ}-\alpha)=\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha\right)\].

\begin{align*} \sin(\alpha+\beta)&=\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-(\alpha+\beta)\right)\\ &=\cos\left(\left( \frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha \right)-\beta\right)\\ &=\cos \left( \frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha \right)\cos\beta+\sin \left( \frac{\pi}{2}-\alpha \right)\sin\beta\\ &=\sin\alpha\cos\beta+\cos\alpha\sin\beta\\ \end{align*}

Similarly,

\begin{align*} \sin(\alpha-\beta)&=\sin(\alpha+(-\beta))\\ &=\sin\alpha\cos(-\beta)+\cos\alpha\sin(-\beta)\\ &=\sin\alpha\cos\beta-\cos\alpha\sin\beta\\ \end{align*}

Therefore, we conclude that \[\sin(\alpha\pm\beta)=\sin\alpha\cos\beta\pm\cos\alpha\sin\beta\].

For \[\tan(\alpha+\beta)\],

\begin{align*} \tan(\alpha+\beta)&=\frac{\sin(\alpha+\beta)}{\cos(\alpha+\beta)}\\ &=\frac{\sin\alpha\cos\beta+\cos\alpha\sin\beta}{\cos\alpha\cos\beta-\sin\alpha\sin\beta} \end{align*}

Dividing both numerator and denominator by \[\cos\alpha\cos\beta\],

\begin{align*} \tan(\alpha+\beta)&=\frac{\tan\alpha+\tan\beta}{1-\tan\alpha\tan\beta} \end{align*}

Using \[\tan(-\beta)=-\tan\beta\],

\begin{align*} \tan(\alpha-\beta)&=\frac{\tan\alpha+\tan(-\beta)}{1-\tan\alpha\tan(-\beta)}\\ &=\frac{\tan\alpha-\tan\beta}{1+\tan\alpha\tan\beta} \end{align*}

Therefore, we can also conclude \[\tan(\alpha\pm\beta)=\frac{\tan\alpha\pm\tan\beta}{1\mp\tan\alpha\tan\beta}\].

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