Why is sinα−sinβ=2cos(α+β2)sin(α−β2)sinα−sinβ=2cos(α+β2)sin(α−β2)?
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Daniel McLaury, Ph.D. Student in Mathematics at University of Illinois at Chicago
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Clearly having a formula for sinα−sinβsinα−sinβ would be nice, so if you saw something that looked like it could lead there then you'd probably try to make it work out.
Of course you already know the angle-sum identity for sine,
But now we have a formula for the difference of any two sines. (Why?)
Written 1 Apr 2013 · View Upvotes
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William Mccoy, A former high school math teacher (Grades 9, 10, and 11). I have a Bachelor o...
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Manipulating the right side of the given identity:
sin α ‒ sin β = 2{cos[(α + β)/2]sin[(α ‒ β)/2]}, we get:
1.) = 2{cos[(α/2) + (β/2)]sin[(α/2) ‒ (β/2)]}
We’ll now use The Sum of Two Angles formula for the cosine function and The Difference of Two Angles formula for the sine function:
cos[(α/2) + (β/2)] = cos (α/2) cos (β/2) ‒ sin (α/2) sin (β/2)
sin[(α/2) ‒ (β/2)] = sin (α/2) cos (β/2) ‒ cos...
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