Use the product-to-sum identity to express \(\cos(5x) \cos(2x)\) as a sum of cosines, then evaluate the expression when \(x = \frac{\pi}{6}\).
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(π΄) sin(π΅) = 1 2 (cos(π΄ β π΅) β cos(π΄ + π΅)) cos(π΄) cos(π΅) = 1 2 (cos(π΄ β π΅) + cos(π΄ + π΅)) sin(π΄) cos(π΅) = 1 2 (sin(π΄ + π΅) + sin(π΄ β π΅)) cos(π΄) sin(π΅) = 1 2 (sin(π΄ + π΅) β sin(π΄ β π΅))
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Use the angle sum and difference identities for sine to prove the product-to-sum identity \(\sin(A) \cos(B) = \frac{1}{2}(\sin(A + B) + \sin(A - B))\).
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.
Prove the identity \(\sin(A)\cos(B) = \frac{1}{2}(\sin(A+B) + \sin(A-B))\).