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Ch. 7 - Transcendental Functions
Hass - Thomas' Calculus 15th Edition
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.7.8

Rewrite the expressions in Exercises 5–10 in terms of exponentials and simplify the results as much as you can.
8. cosh(3x) - sinh(3x)

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Recall the definitions of hyperbolic cosine and hyperbolic sine in terms of exponentials: \(\text{cosh}(x) = \frac{e^{x} + e^{-x}}{2}\) and \(\text{sinh}(x) = \frac{e^{x} - e^{-x}}{2}\).
Substitute \$3x$ into these definitions: \(\text{cosh}(3x) = \frac{e^{3x} + e^{-3x}}{2}\) and \(\text{sinh}(3x) = \frac{e^{3x} - e^{-3x}}{2}\).
Write the expression \(\text{cosh}(3x) - \text{sinh}(3x)\) using the exponential forms: \(\frac{e^{3x} + e^{-3x}}{2} - \frac{e^{3x} - e^{-3x}}{2}\).
Combine the fractions since they have the same denominator: \(\frac{(e^{3x} + e^{-3x}) - (e^{3x} - e^{-3x})}{2}\).
Simplify the numerator by distributing the minus sign and combining like terms: \(\frac{e^{3x} + e^{-3x} - e^{3x} + e^{-3x}}{2} = \frac{2e^{-3x}}{2}\), which simplifies further.

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