Fun Trigonometric Equivalence

Geometry Level 3

Which of the following is equivalent to 2 sin ( 2 x + 1 4 π ) \sqrt{2}\sin \left(\dfrac{2x + 1}{4}\pi\right) ?

1 2 ( sin ( 2 x + 1 2 π ) + cos ( x π ) ) \small \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\sin\left(\frac{2x+1}{2}\pi\right) + \cos\left(x\pi\right)\right) cos ( x 4 π ) sin ( x 4 π ) \small \cos\left(\frac{x}{4}\pi\right) - \sin \left(\frac{x}{4}\pi\right) sin ( 2 x + 1 4 π ) + cos ( 2 x + 1 4 π ) \small \sin\left(\frac{2x+1}{4}\pi\right) + \cos\left(\frac{2x+1}{4}\pi\right) cos ( x 2 π ) + sin ( x 2 π ) \small \cos \left(\frac{x}{2}\pi\right) + \sin \left(\frac{x}{2}\pi\right)

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2 solutions

Sahil Bansal
May 10, 2016

2 sin ( 2 x + 1 4 π ) = 2 sin ( 2 x 4 π + π 4 ) \sqrt{2}\sin \left ( \frac{2x+1}{4}\pi \right )=\sqrt{2}\sin \left ( \frac{2x}{4}\pi+\frac{\pi}{4} \right )

= 2 sin ( π x 2 + π 4 ) =\sqrt{2}\sin \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}+\frac{\pi}{4} \right )

= 2 [ sin ( π x 2 ) cos π 4 + cos ( π x 2 ) sin π 4 ] =\sqrt{2}\left [\sin \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}\right )\cos\frac{\pi}{4} +\cos \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}\right )\sin\frac{\pi}{4} \right ]

Using: sin ( A + B ) = sin ( A ) cos ( B ) + cos ( A ) sin ( B ) \sin (A+B)= \sin(A)\cos(B)+\cos(A)\sin(B)

= 2 [ sin ( π x 2 ) . 1 2 + cos ( π x 2 ) . 1 2 ] =\sqrt{2}\left [\sin \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}\right ).\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} +\cos \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}\right ).\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right ]

= cos ( π x 2 ) + sin ( π x 2 ) =\boxed{\cos \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}\right ) +\sin \left ( \frac{\pi x}{2}\right )}

Yeah. The same way.

Abhiram Rao - 5 years, 1 month ago
Kshitiz Agarwal
May 12, 2016

Since the question is a variable one and the ans options are also variable,u can put x=0 in the expression given in question and u will get the ans as 1, and then put x=0 in each of the ans option, and check whih option gives 1, using this method u will eliminate fisrt two ans options,but last two ans option gives same value for x=0 so u can put x=1 in the givn expression and match the value by putting x=1 in the last two expressions, so finally u get option d

Thanks for sharing your approach. While substituting values of x x may help crack this particular problem, it does not help in proving that the two expressions are actually equivalent.

Also note that the order of the options is randomly shuffled for everyone, so it is not necessary that option D is correct for others. It would be better if you could refer to the options with their content instead.

Pranshu Gaba - 5 years, 1 month ago

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