Given 3 TanA*TanB=13tanAtanB=1,show that 2cos(A+B)=cos(A-B) ?

1 Answer
Jun 12, 2017

Given

3tanAtanB=13tanAtanB=1

=>1/(tanAtanB)=31tanAtanB=3

=>(cosAcosB)/(sinAsinB)=3/1cosAcosBsinAsinB=31

By componendo and dividendo

=>(cosAcosB+sinAsinB)/ (cosAcosB-sinAsinB)= (3+1)/(3-1)cosAcosB+sinAsinBcosAcosBsinAsinB=3+131

=>cos(A-B)/ cos(A+B)= 4/2=2cos(AB)cos(A+B)=42=2

=>2cos(A+B)=cos(A-B)2cos(A+B)=cos(AB)

Proved