If , then , where and are coprime positive integers. What is the value of ?
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Note that by the given information, sin x = 2 cos x . By the double-angle formulas for each of the terms in our expression, we may reduce the desired expression to 2 sin x cos x + cos 2 x − sin 2 x + 1 − tan 2 x 2 tan x
Substituting tan x = 2 and the derived equality, we have
4 cos 2 x + cos 2 x − 4 cos 2 x − 3 4 cos 2 x − 3 4
Now for a bit of clever manipulation. We know that sin x = 2 cos x , so squaring both sides and then adding cos 2 x yields sin 2 x + cos 2 x = 5 cos 2 x , so 1 = 5 cos 2 x , so cos 2 x = 5 1 . Our desired value becomes
5 1 − 3 4
, which is 1 5 − 1 7 and our desired answer becomes 3 2 .