Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.4 - Product-to-Sum and Sum-to-Product Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 689: 36

Answer

a. $y=-cot(2x)$ b. See explanations.

Work Step by Step

a. It appears that the function $y=cot(2x)$ gives the same graph. b. Using the sum to product formula, we have $sin(2x)+sin(6x)=2sin(\frac{2x+6x}{2})cos(\frac{2x-6x}{2})=2sin(4x) cos(2x)$ and $cos(6x)-cos(2x)=-2sin(\frac{6x+2x}{2}) sin(\frac{6x-2x}{2})=-2sin(4x) sin(2x)$ Thus we have $y=\frac{sin(2x)+sin(6x)}{cos(6x)-cos(2x)}=\frac{2sin(4x) cos(2x)}{-2sin(4x) sin(2x)}=-cot(2x)$
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