IB skill practice

Prove identities with tangent half angle substitution

Use tangent half-angle substitution to prove and transform trigonometric expressions.

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Prove identities with tangent half angle substitution - distance check

Let \(t=\tan\frac{x}{2}=1/2\). Using the tangent half-angle substitution, enter \(\sin x\).

Worked practice: result and interpretation

Calculate the requested result first, then choose the interpretation that follows from it.