tan (A - B) = tan A - tan B 1 + tan A . tan B \text{tan (A - B)} = \dfrac{\text{tan A - tan B}}{\text{1 + tan} \text{ A } . \text{ tan B}} tan (A - B) = 1 + tan A . tan B tan A - tan B
L.H.S. = tan (A - B) = tan (60° - 30°)
= tan 30° = 1 3 \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3} 3 1
R.H.S. = tan A - tan B 1 + tan A . tan B = tan 60° - tan 30° 1 + tan 60° . tan 30° = 3 − 1 3 1 + 3 × 1 3 = 3 × 3 3 − 1 3 1 + 3 × 1 3 = 3 3 − 1 3 1 + 1 = 3 − 1 3 1 + 1 = 2 3 2 = 2 3 2 = 1 3 \text{R.H.S.} = \dfrac{\text{tan A - tan B}}{\text{1 + tan} \text{ A } . \text{ tan B}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\text{tan 60° - tan 30°}}{\text{1 + tan} \text{ 60° } . \text{ tan 30°}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\sqrt3 - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}}{1 + \sqrt3 \times \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\dfrac{\sqrt3 \times \sqrt3}{\sqrt3} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}}{1 + \cancel{\sqrt3} \times \dfrac{1}{\cancel{\sqrt3}}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\dfrac{3}{\sqrt3} - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}}{1 + 1}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\dfrac{3 - 1}{\sqrt3}}{1 + 1}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\dfrac{2}{\sqrt3}}{2}\\[1em] = \dfrac{\dfrac{\cancel{2}}{\sqrt3}}{\cancel{2}}\\[1em] = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt3} R.H.S. = 1 + tan A . tan B tan A - tan B = 1 + tan 60° . tan 30° tan 60° - tan 30° = 1 + 3 × 3 1 3 − 3 1 = 1 + 3 × 3 1 3 3 × 3 − 3 1 = 1 + 1 3 3 − 3 1 = 1 + 1 3 3 − 1 = 2 3 2 = 2 3 2 = 3 1
∴ L.H.S. = R.H.S.
Hence, tan (A - B) = tan A - tan B 1 + tan A . tan B \text{tan (A - B)} = \dfrac{\text{tan A - tan B}}{\text{1 + tan} \text{ A } . \text{ tan B}} tan (A - B) = 1 + tan A . tan B tan A - tan B .