Trigonometry problem#2

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Given that cos X = 4 5 \cos X= \dfrac 45 and sin Y = 12 13 \sin Y = \dfrac{12}{13} , where X X and Y Y are acute angles, and

tan Y tan X 1 + tan Y × tan X = a b \large \frac{\tan Y - \tan X}{1+ \tan Y \times \tan X} = \frac ab

where a a and b b are coprime integers, fInd a b a-b .


The answer is -23.

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1 solution

Hassan Abdulla
Feb 4, 2018

cos X = 4 5 sin X = 3 5 tan X = 3 4 since sin X = 1 cos 2 X and tan X = sin X cos X sin Y = 12 13 cos Y = 5 13 tan Y = 12 5 since cos Y = 1 sin 2 Y and tan Y = sin Y cos Y tan Y tan X 1 + tan Y × tan X = 12 5 3 4 1 + 12 5 × 3 4 = 33 56 a b = 33 56 = 23 \begin{aligned} \cos X=\frac { 4 }{ 5 } \Rightarrow \sin X=\frac { 3 }{ 5 } \Rightarrow \tan X=\frac { 3 }{ 4 } & & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{ since } \sin X=\sqrt { 1-\cos ^{ 2 }{ X } } \text{ and } \tan X=\frac { \sin X }{ \cos X } \\ \sin Y=\frac { 12 }{ 13 } \Rightarrow \cos Y=\frac { 5 }{ 13 } \Rightarrow \tan Y=\frac { 12 }{ 5 } & & \small \color{#3D99F6} \text{ since } \cos Y=\sqrt { 1-\sin^{ 2 }{ Y } } \text{ and } \tan Y=\frac { \sin Y }{ \cos Y } \end{aligned} \\ \frac { \tan Y-\tan X }{ 1+\tan Y\times \tan X } =\frac { \frac { 12 }{ 5 } -\frac { 3 }{ 4 } }{ 1+\frac { 12 }{ 5 } \times \frac { 3 }{ 4 } } =\frac { 33 }{ 56 } \\ a-b=33-56=-23

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