Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Prove that sin^2 6x - sin^2 4x = sin 10x * sin 2x .

Starting with the other side of the equation
sin(10x)sin(2x)


Since the left side has 6x and 4x,  10x =
6x + 4x and 2x = 4x - 2x


Then we use the addition and
subtraction formulas


sin(10x) = sin(6x+4x) =
sin(6x)cos(4x)+sin(4x)cos(6x)


sin(2x) = sin(6x - 4x) =
sin(6x)cos(4x) - sin(4x)cos(6x)


Now combine the above
formulas


sin(10x)sin(2x) =
(sin(6x)cos(4x)+sin(4x)cos(6x))(sin(6x)cos(4x) -
sin(4x)cos(6x))


Multiply to
get


= sin^(6x)cos^2(4x) + sin(4x)cos(6x)sin(6x)cos(4x) -
sin(6x)cos(4x)sin(4x)cos(6x) - sin^(4x)cos^(6x)


The middle
terms sin(4x)cos(6x)sin(6x)cos(4x) - sin(6x)cos(4x)sin(4x)cos(6x) is zero so we
eliminate them to get


= sin^(6x)cos^2(4x) -
sin^(4x)cos^2(6x)


Now since cos^2(a) = 1 - sin^2(a) we
get


= sin^2(6x)(1-sin^2(4x)) - sin^2(4x)(1 -
sin^2(6x))


Multiplying


=
sin^2(6x) - sin^2(6x)sin^2(4x) - sin^2(4x) +
sin^2(4x)sin^2(6x)


The second and fourth terms are
identical but opposite in sign so they are eleiminated and we get the expression we are
expecting.


= sin^2(6x) -
sin^2(4x)


So


sin(10x)sin(2x) =
sin^2(6x) - sin^2(4x) which is the identity we wanted to verify.

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