Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Q.9) Trigonometry

Q : Prove this trigonometric identity

sin 3x +sin 2x - sin x = 4 sin x cos (x/2) cos (3x/2)

SOLUTION:

L.H.S. = sin3x + (sin 2x - sin x)


=> 2 * sin (3x/2) * cos (3x/2) + 2 * cos (3x/2) *sin (x/2)
=> 2 * cos (3x/2) [sin (3x/2) + sin (x/2) ]
=> 2 * cos (3x/2) [2 * sin (x) * cos (x/2) ]

=> 4 * cos (3x/2) sin x cos (x/2) ==> R.H.S. (Proved)

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