Trigonometry - Compound and Double-Angle Identities

Trigonometry - Compound and Double-Angle Identities

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Let \(f(x)=\sin^3{x}+\cos^3{x}\tan{x},\ \frac{\pi}{2}<x<\pi\).

  1. Show that \(f(x)=\sin{x}\).[2]
  2. Let \(\sin{x}=\frac{2}{3}\). Show that \(f(2x)=-\frac{4\sqrt{5}}{9}\).[5]

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Answer:(a) \(\mathrm{f}(x)=\sin x\). (b) \(\mathrm{f}(2x)\) is undefined on the stated domain; \(\sin2x=-4\sqrt5/9\).

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