Monday, December 17, 2012

What is tan2a if cosa = 1 - sina?

We'll re-write the given constraint cosa = 1 - sina. We'll
add sin a both sides and we'll have:


sin a + cos a =
1


We'll square raise the new relation sina + cosa =
1.


(sina + cosa)^2 =
1^2


(sina)^2 + (cosa)^2 + 2sina*cosa = 1
(1)


But, from the fundamental formula of
trigonometry:


(sina)^2 + (cosa)^2 =
1


We'll substitute (sina)^2 + (cosa)^2 by
1:


The relation (1) will
become:


1 + 2sina*cosa =
1


We'll eliminate like
terms:


 2sina*cosa =
0


But  2sina*cosa = sin
(2a)


We'll write the formula for tan
2a:


tan 2a = sin 2a/cos 2a


tan
2a = 0/cos 2a


tan 2a =
0

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