Trigonometry Intermediate

Problem - 3873
In $\triangle{ABC}$ show that $$\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\tan\frac{B}{2}\tan\frac{C}{2}+\tan\frac{C}{2}\tan\frac{A}{2}=1$$

Setting $C=\pi - (A - B)$ and also applying the sum of tangent formula: \begin{align*} &\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\tan\frac{B}{2}\tan\frac{C}{2}+\tan\frac{C}{2}\tan\frac{A}{2}\\ &=\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\tan\frac{C}{2}\Big(\tan\frac{A}{2}+\tan\frac{B}{2}\Big)\\ &=\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\tan\frac{C}{2}\tan\Big(\frac{A}{2}+\frac{B}{2}\Big)\Big(1-\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}\Big)\\ &=\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\tan\frac{C}{2}\tan\Big(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{C}{2}\Big)\Big(1-\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}\Big)\\ &=\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\tan\frac{C}{2}\cot\frac{C}{2}\Big(1-\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}\Big)\\ &=\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}+\Big(1-\tan\frac{A}{2}\tan\frac{B}{2}\Big)\\ &=1 \end{align*}

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