Compound Angle Formulae

sin(A + B) DOES NOT equal sinA + sinB. Instead, you must expand such expressions using the formulae below.

The following are important trigonometric relationships:

sin(A + B) = sinAcosB + cosAsinB cos(A + B) = cosAcosB - sinAsinB tan(A + B) =   tanA + tanB                   1 - tanAtanB

To find sin(A - B), cos(A - B) and tan(A - B), just change the + signs in the above identities to - signs and vice-versa:

sin(A - B) = sinAcosB - cosAsinB cos(A - B) = cosAcosB + sinAsinB tan(A - B) =   tanA - ...