Trigonometric Identities

This section covers the two basic identities on Paper 2: the quotient $\tan\theta=\dfrac{\sin\theta}{\cos\theta}$ (where $\cos\theta\neq 0$ ) and the square $\sin^2\theta+\cos^2\theta=1$ . An identity is an equality that is true for every $\theta$ at which both…

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