Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Analytic Trigonometry - Section 6.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 6.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 510: 85

Answer

$u\sqrt {1-v^2}-v\sqrt {1-u^2}$, $|u|\le1, |v|\le1$.

Work Step by Step

1. Let $cos^{-1}(u)=x$, we have $cos(x)=u, sin(x)=\sqrt {1-u^2}$ 2. Let $sin^{-1}(v)=y$, we have $sin(y)=v, cos(y)=\sqrt {1-v^2}$ 3. Thus $cos(x+y)=cos(x)cos(y)-sin(x)sin(y)=u\sqrt {1-v^2}-v\sqrt {1-u^2}$ where $|u|\le1, |v|\le1$.
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