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Question: \[\frac{\cos 17{^\circ} + \sin 17{^\circ}}{\cos 17{^\circ} - \sin 17{^\circ}} =\]...

cos17+sin17cos17sin17=\frac{\cos 17{^\circ} + \sin 17{^\circ}}{\cos 17{^\circ} - \sin 17{^\circ}} =

A

tan62\tan 62{^\circ}

B

tan56\tan 56{^\circ}

C

tan54\tan 54{^\circ}

D

tan73\tan 73{^\circ}

Answer

tan62\tan 62{^\circ}

Explanation

Solution

Divided by cos17o\cos{}17^{o} in numerator and denominator,

we get, cos17o+sin17ocos17osin17o\frac{\cos 17^{o} + \sin 17^{o}}{\cos 17^{o} - \sin 17^{o}}

=1+tan17o1tan17o=tan45o+tan17o1tan45otan17o=tan62o= \frac{1 + \tan 17^{o}}{1 - \tan 17^{o}} = \frac{\tan 45^{o} + \tan 17^{o}}{1 - \tan 45^{o}\tan 17^{o}} = \tan{}62^{o}.