Sine and Cosine of Sum of Two Angles
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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
Line(C, yAxis) → wPoint(w) → WLine(W, A) → waOrthogonalLine(C, wa) → wcIntersect(wa, wc) → ESegment(D, E) → DEPolygon(A, E, C) → AEC, AE_C, EC_A, CAIntersect(DE, CA) → D'Segment(A, B) → ABSegment(B, C) → BCSegment(C, D) → CDDefined(D') → showDSegment(D, A) → DAPolygon(A, G, E) → AGE, AG, GE, EAPolygon(E, F, A) → EFA, EF, FA, AE_FSegment(F, C) → FCIntersect(FC, EA) → F'Defined(F') → showFPolygon(C, H, E) → CHE, CH, HE, EC_HPolygon(E, K, C) → EKC, EK, KC, CESegment(K, A) → KAIntersect(KA, CE) → K'Defined(K') → showK