Provev that:cos2x/cosx-sinx=cosx+sinx?

1 Answer
May 20, 2018

"see explanation"see explanation

Explanation:

"using the "color(blue)"trigonometric identity"using the trigonometric identity

•color(white)(x)cos2x=cos^2x-sin^2xxcos2x=cos2xsin2x

"consider the left side"consider the left side

(cos^2x-sin^2x)/(cosx-sinx)cos2xsin2xcosxsinx

cos^2x-sin^2x" is a "color(blue)"difference of squares"cos2xsin2x is a difference of squares

=(cancel((cosx-sinx))(cosx+sinx))/cancel(cosx-sinx)

=cosx+sinx=" right side "rArr"verified"