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Recall the tangent addition and subtraction formulas.
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4 stepsRecall the tangent addition and subtraction formulas.
The formulas for and are:
We know that .
Apply the formulas to and .
Use the identity to find the cotangent expressions.
Multiply the two cotangent expressions.
The terms and cancel out.
The final answer is .
The correct option is (3).
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