Trouble proving the trigonometric identity \(\displaystyle{\frac{{{1}-{2}{\sin{{\left({x}\right)}}}}}{{{\sec{{\left({x}\right)}}}}}}={\frac{{{\cos{{\left({3}{x}\right)}}}}}{{{1}+{2}{\sin{{\left({x}\right)}}}}}}\)

Colt Rhodes

Colt Rhodes

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2022-04-10

Trouble proving the trigonometric identity 12sin(x)sec(x)=cos(3x)1+2sin(x)

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enchantsyseq

enchantsyseq

Beginner2022-04-11Added 19 answers

We have that for cosx0 and sinx12
12sin(x)sec(x)=cos(3x)1+2sin(x)(12sin(x))(1+2sin(x))=cos(3x)cosx
then recall that cos(3x)=4cos3x3cosx
14sin2(x)=4cos3x3cosxcosx14sin2(x)=4cos2x3
4=4(cos2x+sin2x)4=4

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