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Recall the tangent addition and subtraction formulas.

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  1. Recall the tangent addition and subtraction formulas.

    The formulas for tan⁡(A+B)\tan(A+B) and tan⁡(A−B)\tan(A-B) are:

    tan⁡(A+B)=tan⁡A+tan⁡B1−tan⁡Atan⁡B\tan(A+B) = \frac{\tan A + \tan B}{1 - \tan A \tan B} tan⁡(A−B)=tan⁡A−tan⁡B1+tan⁡Atan⁡B\tan(A-B) = \frac{\tan A - \tan B}{1 + \tan A \tan B}

    We know that tan⁡(π4)=1\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) = 1.

  2. Apply the formulas to tan⁡(π4+θ)\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4} + \theta\right) and tan⁡(π4−θ)\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right).

    tan⁡(π4+θ)=tan⁡(π4)+tan⁡θ1−tan⁡(π4)tan⁡θ=1+tan⁡θ1−tan⁡θ\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4} + \theta\right) = \frac{\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) + \tan\theta}{1 - \tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\tan\theta} = \frac{1 + \tan\theta}{1 - \tan\theta} tan⁡(π4−θ)=tan⁡(π4)−tan⁡θ1+tan⁡(π4)tan⁡θ=1−tan⁡θ1+tan⁡θ\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right) = \frac{\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right) - \tan\theta}{1 + \tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\tan\theta} = \frac{1 - \tan\theta}{1 + \tan\theta}
  3. Use the identity cot⁡x=1tan⁡x\cot x = \frac{1}{\tan x} to find the cotangent expressions.

    cot⁡(π4+θ)=1tan⁡(π4+θ)=1−tan⁡θ1+tan⁡θ\cot\left(\frac{\pi}{4} + \theta\right) = \frac{1}{\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4} + \theta\right)} = \frac{1 - \tan\theta}{1 + \tan\theta} cot⁡(π4−θ)=1tan⁡(π4−θ)=1+tan⁡θ1−tan⁡θ\cot\left(\frac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right) = \frac{1}{\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right)} = \frac{1 + \tan\theta}{1 - \tan\theta}
  4. Multiply the two cotangent expressions.

    cot⁡(π4+θ)cot⁡(π4−θ)=(1−tan⁡θ1+tan⁡θ)×(1+tan⁡θ1−tan⁡θ)\cot\left(\frac{\pi}{4} + \theta\right)\cot\left(\frac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right) = \left(\frac{1 - \tan\theta}{1 + \tan\theta}\right) \times \left(\frac{1 + \tan\theta}{1 - \tan\theta}\right)

    The terms (1−tan⁡θ)(1 - \tan\theta) and (1+tan⁡θ)(1 + \tan\theta) cancel out.

    cot⁡(π4+θ)cot⁡(π4−θ)=1\cot\left(\frac{\pi}{4} + \theta\right)\cot\left(\frac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right) = 1

    The final answer is 1\boxed{\text{1}}.
    The correct option is (3).

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