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Exercise 3.1 · Q5

Q.Prove that: cos⁡(π2−x)cos⁡(π2−y)−sin⁡(π2−x)sin⁡(π2−y)=−cos⁡(x+y)\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-x\right)\cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-y\right)-\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-x\right)\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-y\right)=-\cos(x+y)

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Step 1: Replace cos⁡(π2−x)\cos\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) by sin⁡x\sin x and sin⁡(π2−x)\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-x\right) by cos⁡x\cos x (similarly for yy).

Step 2: LHS becomes sin⁡xsin⁡y−cos⁡xcos⁡y=−(cos⁡xcos⁡y−sin⁡xsin⁡y)\sin x\sin y-\cos x\cos y=-(\cos x\cos y-\sin x\sin y). …

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