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  1. Show that, for acute θ,

    cos⁡θ=1−sin2⁡θ

    and hence show that

    cos⁡(arcsin⁡y)=1−y2
  2. Express

    arcsin⁡α+arcsin⁡β

    as a single arcsin.

  3. Express

    arccos⁡α+arccos⁡β

    as a single arccos.


For (a), recall that

sin2⁡θ+cos2⁡θ=1

Again for (a), sin and arcsin are inverse functions, so sin⁡(arcsin⁡θ)=θ.


For (b), let y=arcsin⁡α+arcsin⁡β and find

sin⁡(y)