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Double angle formulas for JEE

Trigonometrical identities and trigonometrical functions

Formula

\[\sin 2A=2\sin A\cos A,\\ \cos 2A=\cos^2A-\sin^2A=2\cos^2A-1=1-2\sin^2A,\\ \tan 2A=\dfrac{2\tan A}{1-\tan^2A},\quad \cot 2A=\dfrac{\cot^2A-1}{2\cot A}\]

Variables: \(A\) = angle.

Conditions: For tangent and cotangent, denominators nonzero.

Transformations, equation solving, maxima-minima style simplifications.

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