Sine and Cosine of Sum of Two Angles

Sine and Cosine of Sum of Two Angles
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2012-06-30 19:00
① This example geometrically demonstrates the sine and cosine addition formulas: cos(A+B)=cosA·cosB−sinA·sinB and sin(A+B)=sinA·cosB+cosA·sinB. ② Core concepts include trigonometric addition identities, angle sum and difference, properties of parallelograms, and vector projection ideas. ③ Construction highlights: the sketch uses GeoGebra commands Line, Point, OrthogonalLine, Intersect, Segment, Polygon, Defined to create objects such as C_y, C_x, C, w, W, A_y, A_x, A, D, wa, wc, E, DE, AEC, AE_C, EC_A, CA, D', B, AB, BC, CD, showD, DA, showB, F, G, AGE, AG, GE, EA, EFA, EF, FA, AE_F, FC, F', showF, showG, H, forming a parallelogram and auxiliary lines that reveal the angle relationships. ④ Suitable for high‑school trigonometry lessons, college‑prep review, and introductory GeoGebra geometric construction workshops.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Line(C, yAxis) → w
  2. Point(w) → W
  3. Line(W, A) → wa
  4. OrthogonalLine(C, wa) → wc
  5. Intersect(wa, wc) → E
  6. Segment(D, E) → DE
  7. Polygon(A, E, C) → AEC, AE_C, EC_A, CA
  8. Intersect(DE, CA) → D'
  9. Segment(A, B) → AB
  10. Segment(B, C) → BC
  11. Segment(C, D) → CD
  12. Defined(D') → showD
  13. Segment(D, A) → DA
  14. Polygon(A, G, E) → AGE, AG, GE, EA
  15. Polygon(E, F, A) → EFA, EF, FA, AE_F
  16. Segment(F, C) → FC
  17. Intersect(FC, EA) → F'
  18. Defined(F') → showF
  19. Polygon(C, H, E) → CHE, CH, HE, EC_H
  20. Polygon(E, K, C) → EKC, EK, KC, CE
  21. Segment(K, A) → KA
  22. Intersect(KA, CE) → K'
  23. Defined(K') → showK