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Specialist Mathematics Β· Unit 2 Β· Trigonometry and functions Β· Trigonometric identities

Prove and apply the identities for products of sines and cosines expressed as sums and differences. sin(𝐴) sin(𝐡) = 1 2 (cos(𝐴 βˆ’ 𝐡) βˆ’ cos(𝐴 + 𝐡)) cos(𝐴) cos(𝐡) = 1 2 (cos(𝐴 βˆ’ 𝐡) + cos(𝐴 + 𝐡)) sin(𝐴) cos(𝐡) = 1 2 (sin(𝐴 + 𝐡) + sin(𝐴 βˆ’ 𝐡)) cos(𝐴) sin(𝐡) = 1 2 (sin(𝐴 + 𝐡) βˆ’ sin(𝐴 βˆ’ 𝐡))

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Use the product-to-sum identity to express \(\cos(5x) \cos(2x)\) as a sum of cosines, then evaluate the expression when \(x = \frac{\pi}{6}\).

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Question 2

Use the angle sum and difference identities for sine to prove the product-to-sum identity \(\sin(A) \cos(B) = \frac{1}{2}(\sin(A + B) + \sin(A - B))\).

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Using the compound angle formulae provided in the stimulus, prove that \(\cos(A) \cos(B) = \frac{1}{2}(\cos(A - B) + \cos(A + B))\) for \(A, B \in \mathbb{R}\). Hence, use this identity to evaluate \(\cos\left(\frac{7\pi}{12}\right) \cos\left(\frac{\pi}{12}\right)\) exactly.

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Question 4

Prove the identity \(\sin(A)\cos(B) = \frac{1}{2}(\sin(A+B) + \sin(A-B))\).

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