Nếu α là góc nhọn và sin α /2 = √ x − 1/ 2 x thì tan α bằng bao nhiêu?
Ta có: \[0 < \alpha < {90^0}\]\[ \Leftrightarrow 0 < \frac{\alpha }{2} < {45^0}\]\[ \Rightarrow 0 < \sin \frac{\alpha }{2} < \frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{2}\]\[ \Leftrightarrow 0 < \sqrt {\frac{{x - 1}}{{2x}}} < \frac{{\sqrt 2 }}{2}\]\[ \Leftrightarrow x > 0\]
\[{\sin ^2}\frac{\alpha }{2} + {\cos ^2}\frac{\alpha }{2} = 1\]\[ \Rightarrow \cos \frac{\alpha }{2} = \sqrt {1 - {{\sin }^2}\frac{\alpha }{2}} \], vì \[0 < \frac{\alpha }{2} < {45^0}\]
\[ \Leftrightarrow \cos \frac{\alpha }{2} = \sqrt {\frac{{x + 1}}{{2x}}} \]\[ \Rightarrow \tan \frac{\alpha }{2} = \sqrt {\frac{{x - 1}}{{x + 1}}} \]
\[tan\alpha = \frac{{2\tan \frac{\alpha }{2}}}{{1 - {{\tan }^2}\frac{\alpha }{2}}} = \frac{{2\sqrt {\frac{{x - 1}}{{x + 1}}} }}{{1 - \frac{{x - 1}}{{x + 1}}}} = \sqrt {{x^2} - 1} \].