Note that cos θ f = d / d 2 + x 2 {\displaystyle \cos \theta _{f}=d/{\sqrt {d^{2}+x^{2}}}} , and cos 2 θ f = d 2 / ( d 2 + x 2 ) {\displaystyle \cos ^{2}\theta _{f}=d^{2}/(d^{2}+x^{2})} so:
And:
As a check:
As a check of these results, consider:
Where we used:
And, we further note that:
Continuing: