Cosine and Sine of the Sum of Two Angles
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The formulas for and are derived using purely geometric reasoning, avoiding the usual cumbersome algebraic manipulations. Proceed through steps 1–5 to follow the derivation.
Contributed by: Tomas Garza (July 2011)
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Published: July 1 2011