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What are the trigonometric angle addition formulas for $\sin(\alpha + \beta)$ and $\cos(\alpha + \beta)$?

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Answer

$\sin(\alpha + \beta) = \sin\alpha\cos\beta + \cos\alpha\sin\beta$ and $\cos(\alpha + \beta) = \cos\alpha\cos\beta - \sin\alpha\sin\beta$.

Explanation

Setting $\alpha = \beta$ immediately yields the double-angle identities $\sin(2\alpha) = 2\sin\alpha\cos\alpha$ and $\cos(2\alpha) = \cos^2\alpha - \sin^2\alpha$.

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