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How do you simplify $2cos^2(x/2)-1$ ?

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Sep 13, 2016

cos x

Explanation:

Use trig identity:
$cos 2a = 2cos^2 a - 1$
We get:
$2cos^2 (x/2) - 1 = cos x$

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