Double & Half Angle Formulas

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Hook

A free gift from the sum formula

A small mirror tilts by θ, but its reflected beam swings by 2θ — a tiny turn doubles. What is sin(2θ)? You could look it up, or you could just set B = A in the sum formula you learned last lesson and watch the double-angle identities fall out for free.

Doubling an angle is the sum formula with both angles equal.