How do you prove that \frac { \cos 7x + \cos 5x } { \sin 7x - \sin 5x } = \cot x?

1 Answer
Nov 27, 2017

See the proof below

Explanation:

We need

cosa+cosb=2cos((a+b)/2)cos((a-b)/2)

sina-sinb=2cos((a+b)/2)sin((a-b)/2)

cotx=cosx/sinx

Here,

a=7x and b=5x

Therefore,

LHS=(cos7x+cos5x)/(sin7x-sin5x)=(2cos((7x+5x)/2)cos((7x-5x)/2))/(2cos((7x+5x)/2)sin((7x-5x)/2))

=(cos(6x)cos(x))/(cos(6x)sin(x))

=cosx/sinx

=cotx

=RHS

QED