Question 10 a and b how to do plz?

year 11 haese specialist mathematics

1 Answer
Nov 7, 2017

PROOF:

Explanation:

Double angle identities:
#sin2x=2sinxcosx#
#cos2x= cos^2 x – sin^2 x#

We also know that:
#sintheta=("opposite")/("hypotenuse")#
#costheta=("adjacent")/("hypotenuse")#

Based on the given triangle,
#sintheta=b/c#
#costheta=a/c#

#sin2theta=2sinthetacostheta#
#sin2theta=2*b/c*a/c#
#sin2theta=(2ab)/c^2#

#cos2theta= cos^2theta – sin^2theta#
#cos2theta= (a/c)^2 – (b/c)^2#
#cos2theta= a^2/c^2 – b^2/c^2#
#cos2theta= [a^2 – b^2]/c^2#