Stage 25 · Trigonometry

25.5.3 Double-Angle Formulas

25.5 Trigonometric Identities and Transformations

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25.5.3 Double-Angle Formulas

Core idea

Replace β with α and the sum formulas instantly become the 'one angle doubled' forms sin2α, cos2α, and tan2α.

Module goal. We build the rules for combining known angles into new ones — starting from the sum and difference formulas to reach double-angle and auxiliary-angle forms — so messy trig expressions can be simplified, combined, and evaluated.
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