Show that tanx = sinx / cosx

can be written as
tan(x+y) = (tanx + tany) / (1 - tanxtany)

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rewrite the left side as
sin(x+y)/cos(x+y), then use the addition formulas for both. It will simplify (finally) to the right.
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