Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 6 / 148 of 400 #1148 of 1964

Problem 1148

National olympiad, first round
Algebra Difficulty 6.2 Prove it

Example 5 Given tg(αβ)=sin2β5cos2β\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta)=\frac{\sin 2 \beta}{5-\cos 2 \beta}, prove: 2tgα=3tgβ2 \operatorname{tg} \alpha=3 \operatorname{tg} \beta.

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Official solution

Proof 1: The given equation can be transformed into
tgαtgβ1+tgαtgβ=2tgβ1+tg2β51tg2β1+tg2β. \frac{\operatorname{tg} \alpha-\operatorname{tg} \beta}{1+\operatorname{tg} \alpha \operatorname{tg} \beta}=\frac{\frac{2 \operatorname{tg} \beta}{1+\operatorname{tg}^{2} \beta}}{5-\frac{1-\operatorname{tg}^{2} \beta}{1+\operatorname{tg}^{2} \beta}} .

Let tgα=m,tgβ=n\operatorname{tg} \alpha=m, \operatorname{tg} \beta=n, then the above equation can be transformed into mn1+mn=2n4+6n2\frac{m-n}{1+m n}=\frac{2 n}{4+6 n^{2}}, i.e., (3n2m)(n2+1)=0(3 n-2 m)\left(n^{2}+1\right)=0, hence 3n=2m3 n=2 m, i.e., 2tgα=3tgβ2 \operatorname{tg} \alpha=3 \operatorname{tg} \beta.
Proof 2: tgα=tg(αβ+β)=tg(αβ)+tgβ1tg(αβ)tgβ\operatorname{tg} \alpha=\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta+\beta)=\frac{\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta)+\operatorname{tg} \beta}{1-\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta) \operatorname{tg} \beta} =6(1cos2β)4sin2β=32tgβ=\frac{6(1-\cos 2 \beta)}{4 \sin 2 \beta}=\frac{3}{2} \operatorname{tg} \beta.

Therefore, the equation holds.

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