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Sum & Difference

Expanding sine, cosine, and tangent of a sum or difference of angles.

Sine

sin(α±β)=sinαcosβ±cosαsinβ\sin(\alpha \pm \beta) = \sin\alpha \cos\beta \pm \cos\alpha \sin\beta
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Cosine

cos(α±β)=cosαcosβsinαsinβ\cos(\alpha \pm \beta) = \cos\alpha \cos\beta \mp \sin\alpha \sin\beta
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Tangent

tan(α±β)=tanα±tanβ1tanαtanβ\tan(\alpha \pm \beta) = \dfrac{\tan\alpha \pm \tan\beta}{1 \mp \tan\alpha \tan\beta}
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