How do you prove that 2cos^4x + 2sin^2xcos^2x = cos2x + sin^2x+cos^2x 2cos4x+2sin2xcos2x=cos2x+sin2x+cos2x?

1 Answer
Jul 15, 2018

Here cos^2x + sin^2x = 1cos2x+sin2x=1

The question provided by you now can be written as:-

2cos x + 2 sin ^2x cos^2 x = cos 2 x +12cosx+2sin2xcos2x=cos2x+1

=> 2 cos^4x + 2sin^2xcos^2x2cos4x+2sin2xcos2x

=> Now taking 2cos^2 x2cos2x common we get,

=> 2cos^x (cos^2x+sin^2x)2cosx(cos2x+sin2x)

=> Now this equation becomes, 2cos^2x2cos2x

=> This can be written as:- cos 2x +1cos2x+1