document.write( "Question 477025: prove the identity: (1-tan'squared'a)/(1+tan'squared'a)= cos'squared'a-sin'squared'a \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #327035 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! prove the identity: (1-tan'squared'a)/(1+tan'squared'a)= cos'squared'a-sin'squared'a \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "(1-tan^2(a))/(1+tan^2(a)) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "(1-(sin/cos)^2)/(1+sin/cos)^2) \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "[(cos^2-sin^2)/cos^2)]/[(cos^2+sin^2)/cos^2)] \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Invert the denominator and multiply to get: \n" ); document.write( "[(cos^2-sin^2)/cos^2)]/[cos^2/(cos^2+sin^2)] \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "Cancel the cos^2 factors and convert cos^2+sin^2 to 1 to get: \n" ); document.write( "--- \n" ); document.write( "= cos^2-sin^2 \n" ); document.write( "Which is the right side of your original problem. \n" ); document.write( "==================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============== \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |