Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Calculate the difference cos75-cos15.

Since the functions are matching, we'll use the
identity:


cos a - cos b = 2 sin [(a+b)/2]*sin
[(b-a)/2]


a = 75 and b =
15


cos 75 - cos 15 = 2 sin
[(75+15)/2]*sin[(15-75)/2]


cos 75 - cos 15 = 2 sin
45*sin(-30)


Since the sine function is odd, then sin(-30) =
-sin 30


cos 75 - cos 15 = -2
(sqrt2/2)*(1/2)


cos 75 - cos 15 = -
(sqrt2/2)


The requested difference is: cos 75
- cos 15 = - (sqrt2/2).

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