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Half Angle Identities

Videos, worksheets, games and acivities to help PreCalculus students learn about the half angle identities.

Using Half-Angle Identities to Solve a Trigonometric Equation

Using half-angle identities to solve a trigonometr

The Half-Angle Identities : The half angle identities come from the power reduction formulas using the key substitution alpha=theta/2 twice, once on the left and right sides of the equation. With half angle identies, on the left side, this yields (after a square root) cos(theta/2) or sin(theta/2); on the right side cos(2theta) becomes cos(?) because 2(1/2)=1. For a problem like sin(pi/12), remember that theta/2=pi/12, or theta=pi/6, when substituting into the identity.

A few problems involving half-angle formulas in trigonometry.

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