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Given A = 60° and B = 30°, prove that :

tan (A - B)=tan A - tan B1 +  tan A . tan B\text{tan (A - B)} = \dfrac{\text{tan A - tan B}}{\text{1 + \text{ tan A }} . \text{ tan B}}

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tan (A - B)=tan A - tan B1 + tan A . tan B\text{tan (A - B)} = \dfrac{\text{tan A - tan B}}{\text{1 + tan} \text{ A } . \text{ tan B}}

L.H.S. = tan (A - B) = tan (60° - 30°)

= tan 30° = 13\dfrac{1}{\sqrt3}

R.H.S.=tan A - tan B1 + tan A . tan B=tan 60° - tan 30°1 + tan 60° . tan 30°=3131+3×13=3×33131+3×13=33131+1=3131+1=232=232=13\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}

∴ L.H.S. = R.H.S.

Hence, tan (A - B)=tan A - tan B1 + tan A . tan B\text{tan (A - B)} = \dfrac{\text{tan A - tan B}}{\text{1 + tan} \text{ A } . \text{ tan B}}.

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