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CBSE - Mathematics - Introduction to Trigonometry

Introduction to Trigonometry

NCERT Exercise Exercise 8.1

 If 3cot A = 4/3 , check whether (1-tan2A)/(1+tan2A) = cos2A – sin2A or not.

Let ΔABC in which ∠B = 90º,

cot A = AB/BC = 4/3
Let AB = 4k and BC = 3k, where k is a positive real number.
By Pythagoras theorem in ΔABC we get.
AC2 = AB2 + BC
AC2 = (4k)2 + (3k)2
AC2 = 16k2 + 9k2
AC2 = 25k2
AC = 5k
tan A = BC/AB = 3/4
sin A = BC/AC = 3/5
cos A = AB/AC = 4/5

 

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