Misc 3 - Prove (cos x + cos y)2 + (sin x - sin y)2 - Class 11 - Miscellaneous

part 2 - Misc 3 - Miscellaneous - Serial order wise - Chapter 3 Class 11 Trigonometric Functions

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Misc 3 Prove that: (cos π‘₯ + cos y)2 + (sin π‘₯ – sin y)2 = 4cos2 (π‘₯ + y)/2 Solving LHS (πœπ¨π¬β‘π’™+πœπ¨π¬β‘π’š )^𝟐 + (π¬π’π§β‘π’™β€“π¬π’π§β‘π’š )^𝟐 = cos2 π‘₯+cos2 𝑦+2 cos⁑π‘₯ cos⁑𝑦+sin2 π‘₯+ sin2 𝑦 – 2sin⁑π‘₯ sin⁑𝑦 = (π’„π’π’”πŸ 𝒙+π’”π’Šπ’πŸ 𝒙)+(π’„π’π’”πŸ π’š+π’”π’Šπ’πŸ π’š )+2 (cos⁑π‘₯ cos⁑𝑦 –sin⁑π‘₯ sin⁑𝑦) = 1 + 1 +2 (πœπ¨π¬β‘π’™ πœπ¨π¬β‘π’šβ€“π¬π’π§β‘π’™ π¬π’π§β‘π’š ) = 2 + 2 𝒄𝒐𝒔⁑(𝒙 + π’š) = 2 [1 + 𝒄𝒐𝒔⁑(𝒙 + π’š) ] = 2 [1+2cos2 ((π‘₯ + y)/2) – 1 ] = 4 cos^2 ((π‘₯ + y)/2) = RH.S. Hence proved

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