Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.3 - Double-Angle, Power-Reducing, and Half-Angle Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 681: 71

Answer

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Work Step by Step

By using identities: ${{\left( a+b \right)}^{2}}={{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}+2ab$, $2\sin x\cos x=\sin 2x$ and ${{\sin }^{2}}x+{{\cos }^{2}}x=1$. Now, the left-hand side can be written as: $\begin{align} & {{\left( \sin \frac{x}{2}+\cos \frac{x}{2} \right)}^{2}}={{\sin }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}+2\sin \frac{x}{2}\cos \frac{x}{2}+{{\cos }^{2}}\frac{x}{2} \\ & =\left[ 2\sin \frac{x}{2}\cos \frac{x}{2} \right]+\left[ {{\sin }^{2}}\frac{x}{2}+{{\cos }^{2}}\frac{x}{2} \right] \\ & =\sin \left( 2\times \frac{x}{2} \right)+1 \\ & =\sin x+1 \end{align}$ Thus, the left side of the equation is equal to $\sin x+1$. Hence, the left-hand side is equal to $\sin x+1$.
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