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So I can usually do these problems fine, but I cant even figure out where to start with this one, prove that:
(1-tan^2x)/(1+tan^2x)=cos2x
I am sure I'm just missing some simple step that'll be obvious once someone points it out, but can anyone help me through the first couple steps here and I'm sure I could finish it off after that.

2007-11-30 14:05:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Replace tan with sin/cos:

1 - (sin^2x/cos^2x) / 1 + (sin^2x/cos^2x)

multiply top and bottom by cos^2x

cos^2x - sin^2x / cos^2x + sin^2x

Now cos^2x + sin^2x = 1 and cos^2x - sin^2x = cos2x

2007-11-30 14:18:24 · answer #1 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0 0

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