Please help me solve this, I have tried several ways and still doesn't come out corectly.

Prove the following:

cos^3x-sin^3x/ cosx-sinx=1 sin^2x.

Please help me solve this, I have tried several ways and still doesn't come out correctly.

Prove the following:

cos^3x-sin^3x/ cosx-sinx=1 sin^2x.

Show us what you tired, we do not "do" the work for you, but will suggest where you are making your errors.

this is how far I got to,

cosx-sinx(cos^2x+sinxcosx+sin^2x)/cosx-sinx

since the top and bottom cancel out, I got

cos^2x+sinxcosx+sin^2x

I reduced further to

1+sinxcosx

this is where I got stuck at because on the other side of the equation equals to 1+sin^2x

What you are doing is correct, but are you sure the request is

?

Try : ,
then the left side reads
which is an irrational number
while right side is 5/4.

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What you are doing is correct, but are you sure the request is

?

Try , you will get an irrational value on the left side, and 5/4 on the right side.