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OpenStudy (user123):

check my work????/?

OpenStudy (user123):

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

\(\Large \sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4} + \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4} - (\sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4} - \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4})=1\) \(\Large \sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4} + \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4} \color{red}{-} (\sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4} \color{red}{-} \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4})=1\) \(\Large \sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4} + \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4} -\sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4} \color{red}{+} \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4}=1\) \(\Large \cancel{\sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4}} + \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4} \cancel{-\sin x \cos \dfrac{\pi}{4}} + \cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4}=1\) \(\Large 2\cos x \sin \dfrac{\pi}{4} =1\) \(\Large 2 \times \dfrac{\sqrt 2}{2} \cos x =1\) \(\Large \sqrt 2 \cos x =1\) \(\Large \cos x = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2}\) \(\Large \cos x = \dfrac{\sqrt 2}{2}\)

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The right side of all lines above is just 1.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

You made an error with a sign early on. See what I wrote in red above.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

You are subtracting the sin of a difference which is a subtraction, so it needs to be in parentheses. Then the second sign becomes positive.

OpenStudy (user123):

thsnk you so much

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

You're welcome.

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