Why do this problem?
It provides practice in sing the tan formula and an opportunity
to reflect on the bigger picture beyond school mathematics.
Possible approach
The result can be proved without using the fact that the angles
add up to 180 degrees and this could be taken up as a
challenge.
Then ask "What is the 'territory' this result belongs to?"
Sue's proof given here uses the fact that the angles of the
triangle ABC add up to 180 degrees. However it is just as easy to
prove this result without using the fact about the sum of the
angles of the triangle so it must be true for triangles 'living
in other geometries' where the angles of triangles do not add up
to 180 degrees such as Spherical Geometry.
The lines in Spherical Geometry are great circles on the surface
of the sphere. By drawing lines like the lines of longitude and
the equator on the earth you will soon be able to convince
yourself that spherical triangles have angle sums greater than
180 degrees.
This expression gives a certain property for triangles for all 3
geometries, for Euclidean Geometry where the angles of triangles
add up to 180 degrees, for Spherical (also called Elliptical)
Geometry where the angles of triangles add up to more than 180
degrees and for Hyperbolic Geometry where the angles of triangles
add up to less than 180 degrees.
Key question
Here we have (A-B), (B-C) and(C-A). How can we write this using
only 2 variables?