Cheat Sheet – Conditional Trigonometric Identities

Identities Inequalities
If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, then If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, then

tan A + tan B + tan C = tan A tan B tan C 3√3

0 < sin A + sin B + sin C ≤
2

A B B C C A
tan tan + tan tan + tan tan = 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 3
1 < cos A + cos B + cos C ≤
2

A B C A B C
cot + cot + cot = cot cot cot
2 2 2 2 2 2
cot2 A + cot2 B + cot2 C ≥ 1

cot A cot B + cot B cot C + cot C cot A = 1

tan2 A + tan2 B + tan2 C ≥ 9

A B C
sin A + sin B + sin C = 4 cos cos cos
2 2 2

tan A + tan B + tan C ≥ 3√3

A B C
cos A + cos B + cos C = 1 + 4 sin sin sin (A, B, C acute)
2 2 2

sin 2A + sin 2B + sin 2C = 4 sin A sin B sin C cot A + cot B + cot C ≥ √3

(A, B, C acute)

cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C = −1 − 4 cos A cos B cos C

1
cos A cos B cos C ≤
8

cos2 A + cos2 B + cos2 C + 2 cos A cos B cos C = 1

A B C 1
sin sin sin ≤
2 2 2 8
sin2 A + sin2 B + sin2 C − 2 cos A cos B cos C = 2

A B C
tan2 + tan2 + tan2 ≥ 1
A B C B+C C+A A+B 2 2 2
sin + sin + sin = 1 + 4 sin sin sin
2 2 2 4 4 4

A B C
A B C B+C C+A A+B csc + csc + csc ≥ 6
cos + cos + cos = 4 cos cos cos 2 2 2
2 2 2 4 4 4

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