Problem Set 53: Double Angle, Half Angle, and Reduction Formulas

1. Explain how to determine the reduction identities from the double-angle identity cos(2x)=cos2xsin2x.

2. Explain how to determine the double-angle formula for tan(2x) using the double-angle formulas for cos(2x) and sin(2x).

3. We can determine the half-angle formula for tan(x2)=1cosx1+cosx by dividing the formula for sin(x2) by cos(x2). Explain how to determine two formulas for tan(x2) that do not involve any square roots.

4. For the half-angle formula given in the previous exercise for tan(x2), explain why dividing by 0 is not a concern. (Hint: examine the values of cosx necessary for the denominator to be 0.)

For the following exercises, find the exact values of a) sin(2x), b) cos(2x), and c) tan(2x) without solving for x.

5. If sinx=18, and x is in quadrant I.

6. If cosx=23, and x is in quadrant I.

7. If cosx=12, and x is in quadrant III.

8. If tanx=8, and x is in quadrant IV.

For the following exercises, find the values of the six trigonometric functions if the conditions provided hold.

9. cos(2θ)=35 and 90θ180

10. cos(2θ)=12 and 180θ270

For the following exercises, simplify to one trigonometric expression.

11. 2sin(π4)2cos(π4)

12. 4sin(π8)cos(π8)

For the following exercises, find the exact value using half-angle formulas.

13. sin(π8)

14. cos(11π12)

15. sin(11π12)

16. cos(7π8)

17. tan(5π12)

18. tan(3π12)

19. tan(3π8)

For the following exercises, find the exact values of a) sin(x2), b) cos(x2), and c) tan(x2) without solving for x.

20. If tanx=43, and x is in quadrant IV.

21. If sinx=1213, and x is in quadrant III.

22. If cscx=7, and x is in quadrant II.

23. If secx=4, and x is in quadrant II.

For the following exercises, use Figure 5 to find the requested half and double angles.

Image of a right triangle. The base is length 12, and the height is length 5. The angle between the base and the height is 90 degrees, the angle between the base and the hypotenuse is theta, and the angle between the height and the hypotenuse is alpha degrees.

Figure 5

24. Find sin(2θ),cos(2θ), and tan(2θ).

25. Find sin(2α),cos(2α), and tan(2α).

26. Find sin(θ2),cos(θ2), and tan(θ2).

27. Find sin(α2),cos(α2), and tan(α2).

For the following exercises, simplify each expression. Do not evaluate.

28. cos2(28)sin2(28)

29. 2cos2(37)1

30. 12sin2(17)

31. cos2(9x)sin2(9x)

32. 4sin(8x)cos(8x)

33. 6sin(5x)cos(5x)

For the following exercises, prove the identity given.

34. (sintcost)2=1sin(2t)

35. sin(2x)=2sin(x)cos(x)

36. cotxtanx=2cot(2x)

37. sin(2θ)1+cos(2θ)tan2θ=tanθ

For the following exercises, rewrite the expression with an exponent no higher than 1.

38. cos2(5x)

39. cos2(6x)

40. sin4(8x)

41. sin4(3x)

42. cos2xsin4x

43. cos4xsin2x

44. tan2xsin2x

For the following exercises, reduce the equations to powers of one, and then check the answer graphically.

45. tan4x

46. sin2(2x)

47. sin2xcos2x

48. tan2xsinx

49. tan4xcos2x

50. cos2xsin(2x)

51. cos2(2x)sinx

52. tan2(x2)sinx

For the following exercises, algebraically find an equivalent function, only in terms of sinx and/or cosx, and then check the answer by graphing both equations.

53. sin(4x)

54. cos(4x)

For the following exercises, prove the identities.

55. sin(2x)=2tanx1+tan2x

56. cos(2α)=1tan2α1+tan2α

57. tan(2x)=2sinxcosx2cos2x1

58. (sin2x1)2=cos(2x)+sin4x

59. sin(3x)=3sinxcos2xsin3x

60. cos(3x)=cos3x3sin2xcosx

61. 1+cos(2t)sin(2t)cost=2cost2sint1

62. sin(16x)=16sinxcosxcos(2x)cos(4x)cos(8x)

63. cos(16x)=(cos2(4x)sin2(4x)sin(8x))(cos2(4x)sin2(4x)+sin(8x))