Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 1 - Section 1.5 - More on Identities - 1.5 Problem Set - Page 46: 55

Answer

$\sin^{2}\theta - 8 \sin\theta + 16 $

Work Step by Step

Given expression- $(\sin\theta - 4)^{2}$ = $(\sin\theta - 4) (\sin\theta - 4)$ (Recall $a^{2} = a\times a$) = $\sin\theta. \sin\theta - 4 \sin\theta - 4 \sin\theta + 16 $ (By FOIL method) = $\sin^{2}\theta - 8 \sin\theta + 16 $ ALTERNATE METHOD Recall $ (A-B)^{2} = A^{2} - 2 AB + B^{2}$ Therefore- $(\sin\theta - 4)^{2} = \sin^{2}\theta - 2 \sin\theta .4 + 4^{2}$ = $\sin^{2}\theta - 8 \sin\theta + 16$
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