Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 7.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 489: 106

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $f(x)=cos(x)$, we have $f(x+h)=cos(x+h)=cos(x)cos(h)-sin(x)sin(h)$ Step 2. We have $\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}=\frac{cos(x)cos(h)-sin(x)sin(h)-cos(x)}{h}=\frac{-sin(x)sin(h)-cos(x)(1-cos(h))}{h}=-sin(x)\cdot\frac{sin(h)}{h}-cos(x)\cdot\frac{1-cos(h)}{h}$
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