Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.3 - Double-Angle, Power-Reducing, and Half-Angle Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 680: 24

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$\sin 2\theta =\frac{2\cot \theta }{1+{{\cot }^{2}}\theta }$ Recall the Trigonometric Identities and apply below, $\begin{align} & \sin 2\theta =2\sin \theta \cos \theta \\ & \cot \theta =\frac{\cos \theta }{\sin \theta } \\ & \sin \theta =\frac{1}{\text{csc}\theta } \\ & 1+{{\cot }^{2}}\theta =\text{cs}{{\text{c}}^{2}}\theta \\ \end{align}$ Consider the left side of the given expression, $\sin 2\theta =2\sin \theta \cos \theta $ Multiply and divide by $\sin \theta $. $\begin{align} & \sin 2\theta =2\sin \theta \cos \theta \times \frac{\sin \theta }{\sin \theta } \\ & =2\frac{\cos \theta }{\sin \theta }\times {{\sin }^{2}}\theta \\ & =2\cot \theta {{\sin }^{2}}\theta \\ & =2\cot \theta \frac{1}{\text{cs}{{\text{c}}^{2}}\theta } \end{align}$ Substitute $1+{{\cot }^{2}}\theta $ for $\text{cs}{{\text{c}}^{2}}\theta $. $\sin 2\theta =\frac{2\cot \theta }{1+{{\cot }^{2}}\theta }$ Hence, it is proved that the given identity $\sin 2\theta =\frac{2\cot \theta }{1+{{\cot }^{2}}\theta }$ holds true.
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