Provev that:cos2x/cosx-sinx=cosx+sinx?
1 Answer
May 20, 2018
Explanation:
"using the "color(blue)"trigonometric identity"using the trigonometric identity
•color(white)(x)cos2x=cos^2x-sin^2x∙xcos2x=cos2x−sin2x
"consider the left side"consider the left side
(cos^2x-sin^2x)/(cosx-sinx)cos2x−sin2xcosx−sinx
cos^2x-sin^2x" is a "color(blue)"difference of squares"cos2x−sin2x is a difference of squares
=(cancel((cosx-sinx))(cosx+sinx))/cancel(cosx-sinx)
=cosx+sinx=" right side "rArr"verified"