Practicing Success
If sin (α - β) = \(\frac{7}{25}\), sin (α + β) = \(\frac{4}{5}\), 0° < α, β <\(\frac{π}{4}\), then find the value of tan2α. |
\(\frac{7}{5}\) \(\frac{-6}{4}\) \(\frac{-4}{3}\) \(\frac{4}{3}\) |
\(\frac{4}{3}\) |
tan(2α) = tan (α + β + α - β) = \(\frac{tan(α+β) + tan(α-β)}{1 - tan(α + β) tan(α - β)}\) ......(i) sin (α - β) = \(\frac{7}{25}\) cos (α+β) = \(\frac{4}{5}\) Now put in (i) tan(2α) = \(\frac{\frac{4}{3} + \frac{7}{24}}{1 - \frac{7}{24} × \frac{3}{4}}\) = \(\frac{\frac{24}{25}}{\frac{25}{32}}\) tan(2α) = \(\frac{25}{24}\) × \(\frac{32}{25}\) = \(\frac{4}{3}\) |