Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Sum and Difference Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 669: 35

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Let us consider the left side of the given expression: $\cos \left( x-\frac{\pi }{2} \right)$ By using the identity of trigonometry, $\cos \,\left( \alpha -\beta \right)=\cos \,\alpha \,\cos \beta +\sin \,\alpha \,\sin \,\beta $, the above expression can be further simplified as: $\begin{align} & \cos \left( x-\frac{\pi }{2} \right)=\cos \,x\,\cos \,\frac{\pi }{2}+\sin \,x\,\sin \,\frac{\pi }{2} \\ & =\cos \,x\times 0+\sin \,x\times 1 \\ & =0+\sin \,x \\ & =\sin \,x \end{align}$ Hence, the left side of the expression is equal to the right side, which is $\cos \left( x-\frac{\pi }{2} \right)=\sin \,x$.
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