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 $\theta \approx 0$?
\[2\]