Trigonometry Equation Sheet

Basic Trig Identities

\[ \sin(x)=\frac{1}{\csc(x)} \]
\[ \cos(x)=\frac{1}{\sec(x)} \]
\[ \tan(x)=\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)} \]
\[ \cot(x)=\frac{1}{\tan(x)} \]
\[ \sin(-x)=-\sin(x) \]
\[ \cos(-x)=\cos(x) \]
\[ \tan(-x)=-\tan(x) \]
\[ \sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)=1 \]
\[ \tan^2(x)+1=\sec^2(x) \]
\[ \cot^2(x)+1=\csc^2(x) \]

Half Angle

\[ \sin\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\pm\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos(\theta)}{2}} \]
\[ \cos\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\pm\sqrt{\frac{1+\cos(\theta)}{2}} \]
\[ \tan\left(\frac{\theta}{2}\right)=\frac{\sin(\theta)}{1+\cos(\theta)}=\frac{1-\cos(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)} \]

Power Reduction

\[ \sin^2(\theta)=\frac{1}{2}(1-\cos(2\theta)) \]
\[ \cos^2(\theta)=\frac{1}{2}(1+\cos(2\theta)) \]
\[ \tan^2(\theta)=\frac{1-\cos(2\theta)}{1+\cos(2\theta)} \]

Angle Sum and Difference

\[ \sin(\theta\pm\phi)=\sin(\theta)\cos(\phi)\pm\cos(\theta)\sin(\phi) \]
\[ \cos(\theta\pm\phi)=\cos(\theta)\cos(\phi)\mp\sin(\theta)\sin(\phi) \]
\[ \tan(\theta\pm\phi)=\frac{\tan(\theta)\pm\tan(\phi)}{1\mp\tan(\theta)\tan(\phi)} \]

Double Angle

\[ \sin(2\theta)=2\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta) \]
\[ \cos(2\theta)=\cos^2(\theta)-\sin^2(\theta) \]
\[ \tan(2\theta)=\frac{2\tan(\theta)}{1-\tan^2(\theta)} \]

Sum to Product

\[ \sin(\theta)+\sin(\phi)=2\sin\left(\frac{\theta+\phi}{2}\right)\cos\left(\frac{\theta-\phi}{2}\right) \]
\[ \sin(\theta)-\sin(\phi)=2\cos\left(\frac{\theta+\phi}{2}\right)\sin\left(\frac{\theta-\phi}{2}\right) \]
\[ \cos(\theta)+\cos(\phi)=2\cos\left(\frac{\theta+\phi}{2}\right)\cos\left(\frac{\theta-\phi}{2}\right) \]
\[ \cos(\theta)-\cos(\phi)=-2\sin\left(\frac{\theta+\phi}{2}\right)\sin\left(\frac{\theta-\phi}{2}\right) \]