Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Trigonometric Identities - Section 5.2 Verifying Trigonometric Identities - 5.2 Exercises - Page 203: 78

Answer

$$\sin^3\theta+\cos^3\theta=(\cos\theta+\sin\theta)(1-\cos\theta\sin\theta)$$ The trigonometric expression is an identity.

Work Step by Step

$$\sin^3\theta+\cos^3\theta=(\cos\theta+\sin\theta)(1-\cos\theta\sin\theta)$$ We take on the left side first. $$A=\sin^3\theta+\cos^3\theta$$ As following the expansion, $$a^3+b^3=(a+b)(a^2-ab+b^2)$$ $A$ is now becoming $$A=(\sin\theta+\cos\theta)(\sin^2\theta-\sin\theta\cos\theta+\cos^2\theta)$$ $$A=(\sin\theta+\cos\theta)[(\sin^2\theta+\cos^2\theta)-\sin\theta\cos\theta]$$ $$A=(\sin\theta+\cos\theta)(1-\sin\theta\cos\theta)$$ (as $\sin^2\theta+\cos^2\theta=1$) That means the left and right sides are equal. The trigonometric expression is hence an identity.
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