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So throughout this entire semester in my Precalculus class my instructor told us that for solving trigonometric formulas, we will only learn about using these three formulas:
sin2θ + cos2θ = 1
sin(A+B) = sinAcosB + cosAsinB
and
cos(A+B) = cosAcosB - sinAsinB
For about two months we've studied trigonometry using almost nothing but these three formulas, and I understood how to use them well. I understood proof of the sin2θ + cos2θ = 1 formula, since the formula for the unit circle is x2 + y2 = 1, but I've never understood the proof for the addition identities. Just out of curiosity, can anyone show me proof of both addition identities?
sin2θ + cos2θ = 1
sin(A+B) = sinAcosB + cosAsinB
and
cos(A+B) = cosAcosB - sinAsinB
For about two months we've studied trigonometry using almost nothing but these three formulas, and I understood how to use them well. I understood proof of the sin2θ + cos2θ = 1 formula, since the formula for the unit circle is x2 + y2 = 1, but I've never understood the proof for the addition identities. Just out of curiosity, can anyone show me proof of both addition identities?