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OpenStudy (diamondanon2):

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OpenStudy (diamondanon2):

Find tan2theta if theta terminates in Quadrant IV and costheta =4/5 Answer choices are -24/7 -1/2 1/2 24/7

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Trig identities http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/pdf/Trig_Cheat_Sheet.pdf Look at page 2 in the `Double Angle Formulas` section You should see this identity \[\Large \tan(2\theta) = \frac{2\tan(\theta)}{1-\tan^2(\theta)}\]

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

Your first step is to use \[\Large \cos(\theta) = \frac{4}{5}\] to find the value of \(\tan(\theta)\). Keep in mind that theta is in Q4, so \(\tan(\theta)\) will be negative. Once you determine \(\tan(\theta)\), you use the identity I posted above

OpenStudy (diamondanon2):

I got -24/7

jimthompson5910 (jim_thompson5910):

what did you get for \(\tan(\theta)\)?

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