Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Prove that the expression (sin2x-cos2x)^2+(cos2x+sin2x)^2 does not depend on x.

We'll raise to square both binomials, using the special
products:


`(a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab +
b^2`


`(a-b)^2 = a^2 - 2ab +
b^2`


`(sin2x-cos2x)^2 = sin^2 (2x) - 2sin 2x*cos 2x + cos^2
(2x) ` (1)


`(cos2x+sin2x)^2 = cos^2 (2x) + 2sin 2x*cos 2x +
sin^2 (2x)`  (2)


We'll add (1) +
(2):


`(sin2x-cos2x)^2 + (cos2x+sin2x)^2 = sin^2 (2x) - 2sin
2x*cos 2x + cos^2 (2x) + cos^2 (2x) + 2sin 2x*cos 2x + sin^2
(2x)`


We'll eliminate like
terms:


`(sin2x-cos2x)^2 + (cos2x+sin2x)^2 = sin^2 (2x) +
cos^2 (2x) + cos^2 (2x) + sin^2 (2x)`


We'll use Pythagorean
identity:


`sin^2 (2x) + cos^2 (2x) =
1`


`(sin2x-cos2x)^2 + (cos2x+sin2x)^2 = 1 + 1 =
2`


We notice that the result of the sum of
squares is a constant
value:


`(sin2x-cos2x)^2 +
(cos2x+sin2x)^2 = 2`

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