Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas - Concept and Vocabulary Check - Page 688: 2

Answer

The formula $\cos \alpha \cos \beta =\frac{1}{2}\left[ \cos \left( \alpha -\beta \right)+\cos \left( \alpha +\beta \right) \right]$ can be used to change the product of two cosines into the sum of two cosines expressions.

Work Step by Step

$\cos \alpha \cos \beta =\frac{1}{2}\left[ \cos \left( \alpha -\beta \right)+\cos \left( \alpha +\beta \right) \right]$ Thus, the above identity or product sum formula reflects that the products of two cosines are equal to half of the sum of the two cosines expression.
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