Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Sum and Difference Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 669: 51

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Let us consider the left side of the given expression, $\sin \,2\alpha $ By using the identity of trigonometry, $\sin \,\left( \alpha +\beta \right)=\sin \,\alpha \,\cos \beta +\cos \,\alpha \,\sin \,\beta $ Now, the above expression can be further simplified as: $\begin{align} & \sin \,2\alpha =\sin \,\left( \alpha +\alpha \right) \\ & =\sin \,\alpha \,\cos \,\alpha +\cos \,\alpha \,\sin \,\alpha \\ & =2\sin \,\alpha \,\cos \,\alpha \end{align}$ Thus, the left side of the provided expression is equal to the right side, which is, $\sin \,2\alpha =2\sin \,\alpha \cos \,\alpha $. Hence, it is proved that $\sin \,2\alpha =2\sin \,\alpha \cos \,\alpha $.
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