Trigonometry Examples

$\tan (2 a)$

Step 1

Apply the tangent double-angle identity.

$\frac{2 \tan (a)}{1 - \tan^{2} (a)}$

Step 2

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 2.1

Rewrite $1$ as $1^{2}$ .

$\frac{2 \tan (a)}{1^{2} - \tan^{2} (a)}$

Step 2.2

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = 1$ and $b = \tan (a)$ .

$\frac{2 \tan (a)}{(1 + \tan (a)) (1 - \tan (a))}$