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  • Apr 20, 2012, 06:06 PM
    GorillaLovers22
    Trig Identity
    I need helping figureing out cos3x/cosx = 1-4sin^2x.
  • Apr 23, 2012, 08:20 AM
    ebaines
    Replace cos(3x) with cos(x+2x), using the identity cos(a+b) = cos(a)cos(b)-sin(a)sin(b). The result will have include sin(2x) and cos(2x) - replace these with their identities in terms of cos(x) and sin(x).

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