Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Verifying Trigonometric Identities - Exercise Set - Page 660: 92

Answer

See the explanation below.

Work Step by Step

Let us consider the left side of the given expression: $\frac{{{\sin }^{3}}x-{{\cos }^{3}}x}{\sin x-\cos x}$ By using the common factor as $\sin x-\cos x$ in simplifying the identity, we get: $\begin{align} & \frac{{{\sin }^{3}}x-{{\cos }^{3}}x}{\sin x-\cos x}=\frac{\left( \sin x-\cos x \right)\left( {{\sin }^{2}}x+\sin x\cos x+{{\cos }^{2}}x \right)}{\sin x-\cos x} \\ & ={{\sin }^{2}}x+{{\cos }^{2}}x+\sin x\cos x \\ & =1+\sin x\cos x \end{align}$ Hence, the left side of the expression is equal to the right side, which is $\frac{{{\sin }^{3}}x-{{\cos }^{3}}x}{\sin x-\cos x}=1+\sin x\cos x$.
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