How to Simplify Trigonometric Expressions?

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[tex]\tan 2\theta = \frac{{2r + k\cos \theta }}{{2h - k\sin \theta }}[/tex]

How to (isolate) find [tex]\theta \; {?}[/tex]
([itex]h,k,r >0[/itex])
 
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!Anyone?? :bugeye:
(It's just trigonometry!)
 
That's right, it's just trigonometry so how about you showing some idea of how you would at least try to solve the proglem!
 
There is a function that is the reverse of a tangent.
 
bomba923 said:
[tex]\tan 2\theta = \frac{{2r + k\cos \theta }}{{2h - k\sin \theta }}[/tex]

How to (isolate) find [tex]\theta \; {?}[/tex]
([itex]h,k,r >0[/itex])
are h,k ,r independent of each other?
 
[tex]tan(2\theta)= \frac{2tan(\theta)}{1+ tan^2(\theta)}[/tex]
[tex]= \frac{\frac{2sin(\theta)}{cos(\theta)}}{1+ \frac{sin^2(\theta)}{cos^2(\theta)}}[/tex]
[tex]= \frac{2sin(\theta)cos(\theta)}{sin^2(\theta)+ cos^2(\theta)}= 2sin(\theta)cos(\theta)[/tex]
So your equation is really
[tex]2 sin(\theta)cos(\theta)= \frac{2r+ kcos(\theta)}{2h-ksin(\theta)}[/tex]

Multiply both sides by the denominator on the right and you will have a quadratic equation for sin([itex]\theta[/itex]).
 
HallsofIvy said:
[tex]tan(2\theta)= \frac{2tan(\theta)}{1+ tan^2(\theta)}[/tex]
[tex]= \frac{\frac{2sin(\theta)}{cos(\theta)}}{1+ \frac{sin^2(\theta)}{cos^2(\theta)}}[/tex]
[tex]= \frac{2sin(\theta)cos(\theta)}{sin^2(\theta)+ cos^2(\theta)}= 2sin(\theta)cos(\theta)[/tex]
Err, so are you saying that: tan(2x) = 2sin(x) cos(x) = sin(2x)? :-p
There's a slight error in the first step. It should be:
[tex]\tan (2 \theta) = \frac{2 \tan \theta}{1 - \tan ^ 2 \theta}[/tex]. :)
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@ bomba923, have you done anything? I just wonder whether you are asking others to help you or you are just challenging people...