Verify the Identity

(sin m +sin n)/ (cos m + cos n) = tan(m + n/2)

3 answers

I suspect you mean

tan((m + n)/2)

on the RHS
yes i do.
Use Lemma
sin m + sin n = 2sin(m+n/2)cos(m-n/2)
cos m + cos n = 2cos(m+n/2)cos(m-n/2)
We get
(sin m +sin n)/cos m + cos n) = sin(m+n/2)/cos(m+n/2) = tan m+n/2)