Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Identities and Equations - 7.2 Verifying Trigonometric Identities - 7.2 Exercises - Page 668: 88

Answer

$${\sin ^3}\theta + {\cos ^3}\theta = \left( {\cos \theta + \sin \theta } \right)\left( {1 - \cos \theta \sin \theta } \right)$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\sin ^3}\theta + {\cos ^3}\theta = \left( {\cos \theta + \sin \theta } \right)\left( {1 - \cos \theta \sin \theta } \right) \cr & {\text{We transform the more complicated left side to match the right side}}. \cr & {\text{Recall that }}{a^3} + {b^3} = \left( {a + b} \right)\left( {{a^2} - ab + {b^2}} \right),{\text{ then}} \cr & {\sin ^3}\theta + {\cos ^3}\theta = \left( {\sin \theta + \cos \theta } \right)\left( {{{\sin }^2}\theta - \sin \theta \cos \theta + {{\cos }^2}\theta } \right) \cr & {\sin ^3}\theta + {\cos ^3}\theta = \left( {\cos \theta + \sin \theta } \right)\left( {{{\cos }^2}\theta + {{\sin }^2}\theta - \sin \theta \cos \theta } \right) \cr & {\sin ^3}\theta + {\cos ^3}\theta = \left( {\cos \theta + \sin \theta } \right)\left( {1 - \sin \theta \cos \theta } \right) \cr & {\text{Thus have verified that the given equation is an identity}} \cr} $$
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