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kayceedavis
Jan 7, 2009, 11:39 AM
cosēβ-sinēβ=2cosēβ-1

EuRa
Jan 7, 2009, 06:57 PM
You can break it down a multitude of ways. You could substitite 1 with cosē + sinē (when you do, put parenthesis around it). Or you could subtrace cosē from the left, then right side.

Either way would be a good way to start. There are more. What you have up there is almost an identity itself.