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Problem 1199

National Olympiad, first round
Algebra Difficulty 6.2 Prove it

Given tg⁡(α−β)=sin⁡2β5−cos⁡2β\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta)=\frac{\sin 2 \beta}{5-\cos 2 \beta}, prove: 2tg⁡α=3tg⁡β2 \operatorname{tg} \alpha=3 \operatorname{tg} \beta.

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Official solution

Proof 1: The given equation can be transformed into
tg⁡α−tg⁡β1+tg⁡αtg⁡β=2tg⁡β1+tg⁡2β5−1−tg⁡2β1+tg⁡2β. \frac{\operatorname{tg} \alpha-\operatorname{tg} \beta}{1+\operatorname{tg} \alpha \operatorname{tg} \beta}=\frac{\frac{2 \operatorname{tg} \beta}{1+\operatorname{tg}^{2} \beta}}{5-\frac{1-\operatorname{tg}^{2} \beta}{1+\operatorname{tg}^{2} \beta}} .

Let tg⁡α=m,tg⁡β=n\operatorname{tg} \alpha=m, \operatorname{tg} \beta=n, then the above equation can be transformed into m−n1+mn=2n4+6n2\frac{m-n}{1+m n}=\frac{2 n}{4+6 n^{2}}, i.e., (3n−2m)(n2+1)=0(3 n-2 m)\left(n^{2}+1\right)=0, hence 3n=2m3 n=2 m, i.e., 2tg⁡α=3tg⁡β2 \operatorname{tg} \alpha=3 \operatorname{tg} \beta.
Proof 2: tg⁡α=tg⁡(α−β+β)=tg⁡(α−β)+tg⁡β1−tg⁡(α−β)tg⁡β\operatorname{tg} \alpha=\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta+\beta)=\frac{\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta)+\operatorname{tg} \beta}{1-\operatorname{tg}(\alpha-\beta) \operatorname{tg} \beta} =6(1−cos⁡2β)4sin⁡2β=32tg⁡β=\frac{6(1-\cos 2 \beta)}{4 \sin 2 \beta}=\frac{3}{2} \operatorname{tg} \beta.

Therefore, the equation holds.

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