Proof Of The Addition Formulas And Subtraction Rule For tan(x)

Before reading the proof, you must be familiar with the addition and subtraction rule for cosine and sine. As for the proof, first lets start by dividing sin(j - k) by cos(j - k):

Now lets divide both the numerator and the denominator by cos(j)cos(k):

We already know that tan(x) is [sin(x)/cos(x)], so:

And that is the subtraction formula for tan(x) As for the addition rule, we do the same thing we did above but with sin(j + k) and cos(j + k) instead:

Now lets divide both the numerator and the denominator by cos(j)cos(k):

We already know that tan(x) is [sin(x)/cos(x)], so:

And that is the addition formula for tan(x). Now let's replace k with -z.

\[{\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{orchid}j} + {\color{green}-z})} = \frac{{\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{orchid}j})} + {\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{green}-z})}}{1- {\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{orchid}j}) \tan({\color{green}-z})}}\]

Since tan(-x) = -tan(x):

\[{\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{orchid}j} - {\color{green}z})} = \frac{{\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{orchid}j})} - {\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{green}z})}}{1 + {\color{deepskyblue}\tan({\color{orchid}j}) \tan({\color{green}z})}}\]

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