Section 7.4: Multiple Angle Formulas
Ok so today in class we learned many more identities and how to derive them. The formulas that we learned were Double Angle Formulas, Power Reducing formulas, and Half-Angle Formulas. All of which are identities.
Double Angle Formulas:
We derived all of the double angle formulas from the addition identities.
We know that:
Sin Functions:
This is the Double Angle Formula for Sin functions
Cos Function:
This equation works but it will only be convenient to use this equation some of the times....in other times it is much more efficient to substitute in other identities that we learned in early sections.
You can substitute for sin or cos....
One will always be more convenient than another...you just have to find out which one that is so....good luck with that....
Tan Functions:
Power Reducing Formulas:
here we used identities that we just derived...like the ones above this
Sin Functions:
(subtract 1 and divide by 2)
(since Mr.Wilhelm Doesn't like to have negative denominators rewrite it like this)
Cos Functions:
(add 1 and divide by 2)
Tan Functions:
well we didn't do this in class but it's pretty easy to derive, and at risk of being called a book licker....it's also in there too...all you have to do is put Sin/Cos and you get...
Now an important thing to note is that these are very rarely used...and a big mistake in using them...is as Mr. Wilhelm put it... using them.
Half Angle Formulas:
Here we again use formulas and identities that we just learned.
Sin Functions:
Start with the Power reducing formula for sin....and let u=2(theta)
Take the square root of both sides and you get...
DON'T FORGET THAT IT IS +- THE SQUARE ROOT....but in the finial equation it will be one or the other because weather it is (+) or (-) is based off of the original (sin u/2)
Now we can solve for radians like
because we can change them into special radians.
Cos Functions:
Start with the power reducing formula for cos....and let u=2(theta)
take the square root of both sides and you get....
Again don't forget that it is +- the square root but in the end it will be one or the other...unless it is a variable then it can be both
Tan Functions:
here you again just do (sin/cos) and you end up with...
ok so that was pretty much it for today...
Mr.Wilhelm we shall miss you these next 5 school days....
k thats it
-Jennifer Kendall