Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Sum and Difference Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 669: 38

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Let us consider the left side of the given expression: $\tan \left( \pi -x \right)$ By using the identity of trigonometry, $\tan \,\left( \alpha -\beta \right)=\frac{\tan \,\alpha -\tan \,\beta }{1+\tan \,\alpha \tan \,\beta }$ , the above expression can be further simplified as: $\begin{align} & \tan \left( \pi -x \right)=\frac{\tan \,\pi -\tan \,x}{1+\tan \,\pi \tan \,x} \\ & =\frac{0-\tan \,x}{1+0\times \tan \,x} \\ & =\frac{-\tan \,x}{1} \\ & =-\tan \,x \end{align}$ Hence, the the left side of the expression is equal to the right side, which is $\tan \left( \pi -x \right)=-\tan \,x$.
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