Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Double-Angle, Half-Angle, and Product-Sum Formulas - 7.3 Exercises - Page 562: 101

Answer

Using sum-to-product formulas of sine and cosine, we can prove $$\frac{\sin x+\sin 2 x+\sin 3 x+\sin 4 x+\sin 5 x}{\cos x+\cos 2 x+\cos 3 x+\cos 4 x+\cos 5 x}=tan3x$$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{sin x+sin 2x+sin 3x+sin 4x+sin 5x}{cos x+cos 2x+cos 3x+cos 4x+cos 5x}$ Using the sum-to-product formula for sine $sin a+sin b=2sin\frac{a+b}{2}cos\frac{a-b}{2}$ in the numerator, we get ${sin x+sin 2x+sin 3x+sin 4x+sin 5x}$${=sin5x+sinx+sin3x+sin4x+sin2x}$${=2sin \frac{5x+x}{2}cos\frac{5x-x}{2}+sin3x+2sin2\frac{4x+2x}{2}cos\frac{4x-2x}{2}}$ ${=2 sin\frac{6x}{2}cos\frac{4x}{2}+sin3x+2sin\frac{6x}{2}cos\frac{2x}{2}}$ ${2sin3xcos2x+sin3x+2sin3xcosx}$ ${=2 sin3x(cos2x+\frac{1}{2}+cosx)}$ Using sum-to-product formula for cosine ${cosa+cosb=2cos\frac{a+b}{2}cos\frac{a-b}{2}}$ in denominator We get ${cosx+cos2x+cos3x+cos4x+cos5x}$ ${=cosx+cos5x+cos3x+cos4x+cos2x}$ ${=2cos\frac{5x+x}{2}cos\frac{5x-x}{2}+cos3x+2cos\frac{4x+2x}{2}cos\frac{4x-2x}{2}}$ ${=2cos3xcos2x+cos3x+2cos3xcosx}$ ${=2cos3x(cos2x+\frac{1}{2}+cosx)}$ Thus, putting the values of numerator and denominator in the above expression, we get ${\frac{sinx+sin2x+sin3x+sin4x+sin5x}{cosx+cos2x+cos3x+cos4x+cos5x}}$ ${=\frac{2sin3x(cos2x+\frac{1}{2}+cosx)}{2cos3x(cos2x+\frac{1}{2}+cosx)}}$ ${=\frac{sin3x}{cos3x}}$ ${=tan3x}$
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