Question #eabbb Trigonometry Trigonometric Identities and Equations Proving Identities 1 Answer Bdub Mar 2, 2017 see below Explanation: Use the formulas cos x+cos y =2 cos (1/2 (x+y))cos(1/2(x-y))cosx+cosy=2cos(12(x+y))cos(12(x−y)) and cos(-x)=cosxcos(−x)=cosx Right Hand Side: 1/2 [cosx+cos 3x]=1/2 [2cos (1/2 (x+3x))cos(1/2(x-3x))]12[cosx+cos3x]=12[2cos(12(x+3x))cos(12(x−3x))] =1/cancel2 cancel2cos (1/2 (x+3x))cos(1/2(x-3x)) =cos (1/2 (4x))cos(1/2(-2x)) =cos 2x*cos(-x) =cos2x cos x =cosx cos 2x :.=Left Hand Side Answer link Related questions What does it mean to prove a trigonometric identity? How do you prove \csc \theta \times \tan \theta = \sec \theta? How do you prove (1-\cos^2 x)(1+\cot^2 x) = 1? How do you show that 2 \sin x \cos x = \sin 2x? is true for (5pi)/6? How do you prove that sec xcot x = csc x? How do you prove that cos 2x(1 + tan 2x) = 1? How do you prove that (2sinx)/[secx(cos4x-sin4x)]=tan2x? How do you verify the identity: -cotx =(sin3x+sinx)/(cos3x-cosx)? How do you prove that (tanx+cosx)/(1+sinx)=secx? How do you prove the identity (sinx - cosx)/(sinx + cosx) = (2sin^2x-1)/(1+2sinxcosx)? See all questions in Proving Identities Impact of this question 1426 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License