Maths - Small Angle Approximations


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What is the small angle approximation for $\sin \theta$ and $\tan \theta$?


\[\sin \theta \approx \tan \theta \approx \theta\]

What is the small angle approximation for $\cos \theta$?


\[1 - \frac{\theta^2}{2}\]

What is

\[\frac{\tan 2\theta}{\sin \theta}\]

for $\theta \approx 0$?


\[2\]



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