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Subject: Trigonometry
Name: Courtney
Who are you: Student

Prove that 1 - cos 2x + sin 2x (divided by) 1 + cos 2x + sin 2x = tan x

Hi Courtney,

Use the two identities

cos2x = cos2x - sin2x and
sin2x = 2 sinx cosx

Penny

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