Regents Exam Questions A2.A.76: Angle Sum and Difference Identities 4 Name: _______________________
A2.A.76: Angle Sum and Difference Identities 4: Apply the angle sum and difference formulas
for trigonometric functions
1 If A and B are positive acute angles, sin A 5
8 If tan A 8 and tan B 1
,
, what is the value of
13
2
tan(A B) ?
and cos B 4
, what is the value of sin(A B) ?
5
9 If tan A 2
and tan B 1
, what is the value of
2 If sin x 12
, cos y 3
3
2
, and x and y are acute
13
5
tan(A B) ?
angles, the value of cos(x y) is
10 If tan A 2
5
and sin B
and angles A and B
3 If sin A 3
, sin B 5
3
41
, and angles A and B are
5
13
are in Quadrant I, find the value of tan(A B) .
acute angles, what is the value of cos(A B) ?
11 If tan A 2
and tan B 3 , express tan(A B) as a
4 If A and B are both acute angles, sin A 5
3
and
13
fraction in simplest form.
sin B 4
, then sin(A B) is
5
12 When sin x 8
and x lies in Quadrant III and
17
5 If cos x 12
and sin y 4
, then sin(x y) equals
cos y 4
and y lies in Quadrant II, what is
13
5
5
cos(x y) ?
6 Given angle A in Quadrant I with sin A 12
and
13
13 Using the formula for cos(x y) , find the exact
angle B in Quadrant II with cos B 3
, what is the
value of cos 15 in radical form if mx 45 and
5
my 30 .
value of cos(A B) ?
14 Express as a single fraction the exact value of
7 If sin A 4
, tan B 5
, and angles A and B are in
sin 75 .
5
12
Quadrant I, what is the value of sin(A B) ?
15 If sin x 4
, where 0 x 90 , find the value of
5
cos(x 180) .
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