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NAME DATE PERIOD<br />

8-6<br />

Enrichment<br />

Identities<br />

An identity is an equation that is true for all values of the<br />

variable for which both sides are defined. One way to verify<br />

an identity is to use a right triangle and the definitions for<br />

trigonometric functions.<br />

A<br />

c<br />

b<br />

B<br />

a<br />

C<br />

Lesson 8-6<br />

Example 1<br />

(sin A) 2 + (cos A) 2 = ( −<br />

a c ) 2 + ( −<br />

b) c 2<br />

Verify that (sin A) 2 + (cos A) 2 = 1 is an identity.<br />

= a2 + b 2<br />

−<br />

c 2<br />

= −<br />

c2<br />

c = 1 2<br />

To check whether an equation may be an identity, you can test<br />

several values. However, since you cannot test all values, you<br />

cannot be certain that the equation is an identity.<br />

Example 2<br />

Test sin 2x = 2 sin x cos x to see if it could be an identity.<br />

Try x = 20. Use a calculator to evaluate each expression.<br />

sin 2x = sin 40 2 sin x cos x = 2 (sin 20)(cos 20)<br />

≈ 0.643 ≈ 2(0.342)(0.940)<br />

≈ 0.643<br />

Since the left and right sides seem equal, the equation may be an identity.<br />

Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.<br />

Exercises<br />

Use triangle ABC shown above. Verify that each equation is an identity.<br />

1. −<br />

cos A<br />

sin A = 1<br />

−<br />

tan A<br />

2. −<br />

tan B<br />

sin B = 1<br />

−<br />

cos B<br />

3. tan B cos B = sin B 4. 1 - (cos B) 2 = (sin B) 2<br />

Try several values for x to test whether each equation could be an identity.<br />

5. cos 2x = (cos x) 2 - (sin x) 2 6. cos (90 - x) = sin x<br />

Chapter 8 41 Glencoe Geometry

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