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  1. Show that, for acute θ,

    cosθ=1sin2θ

    and hence show that

    cos(arcsiny)=1y2
  2. Express

    arcsinα+arcsinβ

    as a single arcsin.

  3. Express

    arccosα+arccosβ

    as a single arccos.


For (a), recall that

sin2θ+cos2θ=1

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


For (b), let y=arcsinα+arcsinβ and find

sin(y)