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Help prove this basic trig identity please!


If $sintheta + sinphi = a$ and $costheta + cosphi = b$, then $sin(theta+phi) = ???$If $ sin alpha + sin beta = a $ and $ cos alpha + cos beta = b $ , then show that $sin(alpha + beta) = frac 2ab a^2 + b^2 $Trig equation help pleaseHelp With Double Angles And Trig Identity ProblemProve Trig IdentityHow to solve this trigonometric identity?Prove the following Trig Identity with reciprocalsHelp needed in verifying a trigonometric identityHow do I prove this seemingly simple trigonometric identityTrig Identity Proof $frac1 + sinthetacostheta + fraccostheta1 - sintheta = 2tanleft(fractheta2 + fracpi4right)$If $x costheta+ysintheta=a$ and $xsintheta-ycostheta=b$, then $tantheta=fracbx+ayax-by$. (Math Olympiad)Precalc Trig Identity, verify: $1 + cos(x) + cos(2x) = frac 12 + fracsin(5x/2)2sin(x/2)$













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If $a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$ and, $b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$, prove that $cos(theta-phi)=frac2aba^2+b^2$.



I've tried working LHS to RHS and couldn't get, I've also tried RHS to LHS and still couldn't get it, and advice or help would be much appreciated please.



I've also tried going $ab=...$ and then trying to get it from there, that didn't come to fruition either.










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I'm really stuck trying to answer this question and have spent endless hours doing so.



If $a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$ and, $b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$, prove that $cos(theta-phi)=frac2aba^2+b^2$.



I've tried working LHS to RHS and couldn't get, I've also tried RHS to LHS and still couldn't get it, and advice or help would be much appreciated please.



I've also tried going $ab=...$ and then trying to get it from there, that didn't come to fruition either.










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I'm really stuck trying to answer this question and have spent endless hours doing so.



If $a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$ and, $b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$, prove that $cos(theta-phi)=frac2aba^2+b^2$.



I've tried working LHS to RHS and couldn't get, I've also tried RHS to LHS and still couldn't get it, and advice or help would be much appreciated please.



I've also tried going $ab=...$ and then trying to get it from there, that didn't come to fruition either.










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I'm really stuck trying to answer this question and have spent endless hours doing so.



If $a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$ and, $b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$, prove that $cos(theta-phi)=frac2aba^2+b^2$.



I've tried working LHS to RHS and couldn't get, I've also tried RHS to LHS and still couldn't get it, and advice or help would be much appreciated please.



I've also tried going $ab=...$ and then trying to get it from there, that didn't come to fruition either.







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    Set $theta=dfracpi2-psi$ and use math.stackexchange.com/questions/1833153/… or math.stackexchange.com/questions/2021356/…
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Welcome to Math Stack Exchange. Do you know the formula for cosine of a difference?
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Yes, $cos(theta-phi)=cos(theta)cos(phi)+sin(theta)sin(phi)$, and I went much further but was not able to poduce anything useful in the sense of the proof.
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– Avinash Shastri
3 hours ago




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Yes, $cos(theta-phi)=cos(theta)cos(phi)+sin(theta)sin(phi)$, and I went much further but was not able to poduce anything useful in the sense of the proof.
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Set $theta=dfracpi2-psi$ and use math.stackexchange.com/questions/1833153/… or math.stackexchange.com/questions/2021356/…
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$$(ii).b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$$
$$(i)^2+(ii)^2=2+2sin(theta +phi)$$so
$$sin(theta+phi) =(a^2+b^2)over 2-1$$.
$$(i)*(ii)=sin(2theta)+sin(2phi) over 2+cos(theta-phi)=sin(theta+phi)cos(theta-phi)+cos(theta-phi)$$
so$$cos(theta-phi)=abover 1+sin(theta+phi)=2abover a^2+b^2$$






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$$(i).a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$$



$$(ii).b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$$
$$(i)^2+(ii)^2=2+2sin(theta +phi)$$so
$$sin(theta+phi) =(a^2+b^2)over 2-1$$.
$$(i)*(ii)=sin(2theta)+sin(2phi) over 2+cos(theta-phi)=sin(theta+phi)cos(theta-phi)+cos(theta-phi)$$
so$$cos(theta-phi)=abover 1+sin(theta+phi)=2abover a^2+b^2$$






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$$(i).a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$$



$$(ii).b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$$
$$(i)^2+(ii)^2=2+2sin(theta +phi)$$so
$$sin(theta+phi) =(a^2+b^2)over 2-1$$.
$$(i)*(ii)=sin(2theta)+sin(2phi) over 2+cos(theta-phi)=sin(theta+phi)cos(theta-phi)+cos(theta-phi)$$
so$$cos(theta-phi)=abover 1+sin(theta+phi)=2abover a^2+b^2$$






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$$(i).a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$$



$$(ii).b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$$
$$(i)^2+(ii)^2=2+2sin(theta +phi)$$so
$$sin(theta+phi) =(a^2+b^2)over 2-1$$.
$$(i)*(ii)=sin(2theta)+sin(2phi) over 2+cos(theta-phi)=sin(theta+phi)cos(theta-phi)+cos(theta-phi)$$
so$$cos(theta-phi)=abover 1+sin(theta+phi)=2abover a^2+b^2$$






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$$(i).a=sin(theta)+cos(phi)$$



$$(ii).b=cos(theta)+sin(phi)$$
$$(i)^2+(ii)^2=2+2sin(theta +phi)$$so
$$sin(theta+phi) =(a^2+b^2)over 2-1$$.
$$(i)*(ii)=sin(2theta)+sin(2phi) over 2+cos(theta-phi)=sin(theta+phi)cos(theta-phi)+cos(theta-phi)$$
so$$cos(theta-phi)=abover 1+sin(theta+phi)=2abover a^2+b^2$$







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