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  1. By considering

    sin⁡(A+B)

    when A=x and B=x, show that

    sin⁡(2x)=2sin⁡xcos⁡x
  2. By considering

    cos⁡(A+B)

    when A=x and B=x, show that

    cos⁡(2x)=cos2⁡x−sin2⁡x
  3. Prove, additionally, that

    cos⁡(2x)=2cos2⁡x−1

    and

    cos⁡(2x)=1−2sin2⁡x

For (a), start with

sin⁡(A+B)=sin⁡Acos⁡B+cos⁡Asin⁡B

Let A=x and B=x.


For (b), start with

cos⁡(A+B)=cos⁡Acos⁡B−sin⁡Asin⁡B

For (c), recall that in (b), we showed that

cos⁡(2x)=cos2⁡x−sin2⁡x

But we also know that

sin2⁡x+cos2⁡x=1

and this can be used to eliminate either sin2 or cos2 from the double angle formula for cos.