Showing posts with label trigonometry help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trigonometry help. Show all posts

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Problem on Trigonometric Identity

Trigonometric Identities are the standard equations used to solve trigonometric problems.
Below is as one such problem.

Topic : Trigonometric Identity

A proof for Trigonometric Identity

Problem : Prove the given identity 2 Cos x - 2 Cos³ x = Sin x Sin 2x

Solution :

LHS : 2 Cos x - 2 Cos³ x

= 2 Cos x (1 - Cos²x)
= 2 Cos x . Sin² x
= 2 Cos x . Sin x . Sinx
= Sin x . 2 Sin x Cos x
= Sin x . Sin 2x (using Sin 2x = 2 Sinx Cox x)

So we proved 2 Cos x - 2 Cos³ x = Sin x Sin 2x

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