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Ch. 5 - Trigonometric Identities
Lial - Trigonometry 12th Edition
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Capitolo 6, Problema 62

Write each expression as a sum or difference of trigonometric functions. See Example 7.
8 sin 7x sin 9x

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Recall the product-to-sum identity for sine functions: \(\sin A \sin B = \frac{1}{2} [\cos(A - B) - \cos(A + B)]\).
Identify \(A\) and \(B\) in the given expression: here, \(A = 7x\) and \(B = 9x\).
Apply the identity to rewrite \(\sin 7x \sin 9x\) as \(\frac{1}{2} [\cos(7x - 9x) - \cos(7x + 9x)]\).
Simplify the arguments inside the cosine functions: \(7x - 9x = -2x\) and \(7x + 9x = 16x\).
Multiply the entire expression by 8 (from the original expression \(8 \sin 7x \sin 9x\)) to get \(8 \times \frac{1}{2} [\cos(-2x) - \cos(16x)]\), which simplifies to \(4 [\cos(-2x) - \cos(16x)]\).

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