Is there an auxiliary formula for cosine and tan

trigonometry

I'm currently studying triangle trigonometry and I was taught the auxiliary formulae for half angles of sine, cosine and tangent, which are

$$ \sin {\frac{A}{2}} = \sqrt{\frac{(s-b)(s-c)}{bc}} $$

$$ \cos {\frac{A}{2}} = \sqrt{\frac{s(s-a)}{bc}} $$

$$ \tan {\frac{A}{2}} = \sqrt{\frac{(s-b)(s-c)}{(s-a)}} $$

Where $A$, $B$, $C$ stand for the angles of any triangle, $a$, $b$, $c$ stand for the sides opposite those angles, $\triangle {}$ stands for the area of a triangle and $s$ stands for the semi perimeter of the triangle.

I derived the formula for sine on my own, but I'm not able to get a clean formula for either cosine or tangent

$$ \sin A = \frac{2 \triangle} {bc} $$

The formula should also contain some of the following terms: the sides of a triangle, angles of a triangle, area of the triangle and semi-perimeter, otherwise, it won't be applicable in the problems I am given

Thanks for reading!

Best Answer

For the cosine, $$ c^2 = a^2 + b^2 - 2ab\cos C $$ which simplifies to $$\cos C = \frac{a^2+b^2-c^2}{2ab} $$

For tangent you can calculate as, $$\tan C=\frac{\sin C}{\cos C}$$ Or you can use the double angle formula: $$ \tan A = \frac{2\tan\left(\frac{A}{2}\right)}{1-\tan^2\left(\frac{A}{2}\right)}$$