If α,β,γ,δ are angles in quadrilateral different from 90∘, prove the following:
tanα+tanβ+tanγ+tanδtanαtanβtanγtanδ=cotα+cotβ+cotγ+cotδ
I tried different transformations with using α+β+γ+δ=2π in equation above, but no success. Am I missing some not-so-well-known formula?
Answer
It follows directly from tan(α+β+γ+δ)=0 and the sum angle formula for tan (see here: Tangent sum using symmetric polynomials)
Using that formula we get (from numerator = 0) that
tanα+tanβ+tanγ+tanδ=
tanαtanβtanγ+tanαtanβtanδ+tanαtanγtanδ+tanβtanγtanδ
divididing by tanαtanβtanγtanδ gives the result.
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