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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Second Method: Find k if ksin6x=sin2x given 6cos6x=cos2x.

Find k if ksin6x=sin2x given cos6xcos2x=16.

Second method:

Note that we can rewrite the given equality 6cos6x=cos2x as cos6xcos2x=16, also, our target expression as sin6xsin2x=1k.

If we are to add these the expressions on the LHS of both equations up, we get:

cos6xcos2x+sin6xsin2x=sin2xcos6x+cos2xsin6xcos2xsin2x=sin(2x+6x)cos2xsin2x=sin8x(sin4x2)=2(2sin4xcos4xsin4x)=4cos4x

Aww..this doesn't seem like a promising step, what if we subtract them?

sin6xsin2xcos6xcos2x=sin6xcos2xcos6xsin2xsin2xcos2x=sin(6x2x)sin2xcos2x=sin4x(sin4x2)=2

Hey, this is the righteous path that we are now one step away from the answer.

Since we know cos6xcos2x=16, we get:

sin6xsin2xcos6xcos2x=2

sin6xsin2x=cos6xcos2x+2=16+2=136

And we're done!

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