SOLUTION: {{{"tan15°"/"cot75°"}}} + {{{"sin35°"/"cos55°"}}}

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Question 574635: %22tan15%B0%22%2F%22cot75%B0%22 + %22sin35%B0%22%2F%22cos55%B0%22
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) About Me  (Show Source):
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15° and 75° are complementary angles, because their sum 15°+75° is 90°
Tangent and cotangent are complementary functions, usually called "cofunctions".
Complementary functions of complementary angles are equal.

Therefore  tan15° = cot75°  therefore %22tan15%B0%22%2F%22cot75%B0%22 = 1

Similarly 35° and 55° are complementary angles, because their sum 35°+55° is 90°,
Sine and cosine are complementary functions, or "cofunctions". As above,
complementary functions of complementary angles are equal.

Therefore  sin35° = cos55°  therefore %22sin35%B0%22%2F%22cos55%B0%22 = 1

So, %22tan15%B0%22%2F%22cot75%B0%22 + %22sin35%B0%22%2F%22cos55%B0%22 = 1 + 1 = 2.

Edwin