Basic Math Examples

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 (\cos (a) - \sin (a)) - 2 {(\cos (a) - \sin (a))}^{3}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) + 3 (- \sin (a)) - 2 {(\cos (a) - \sin (a))}^{3}$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $3$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 {(\cos (a) - \sin (a))}^{3}$

Step 1.3

Use the Binomial Theorem.

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) + 3 \cos^{2} (a) (- \sin (a)) + 3 \cos (a) {(- \sin (a))}^{2} + {(- \sin (a))}^{3})$

Step 1.4

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.4.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $3$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) - 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) + 3 \cos (a) {(- \sin (a))}^{2} + {(- \sin (a))}^{3})$

Step 1.4.2

Apply the product rule to $- \sin (a)$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) - 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) + 3 \cos (a) ({(- 1)}^{2} \sin^{2} (a)) + {(- \sin (a))}^{3})$

Step 1.4.3

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) - 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) + 3 \cos (a) (1 \sin^{2} (a)) + {(- \sin (a))}^{3})$

Step 1.4.4

Multiply $\sin^{2} (a)$ by $1$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) - 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) + 3 \cos (a) \sin^{2} (a) + {(- \sin (a))}^{3})$

Step 1.4.5

Apply the product rule to $- \sin (a)$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) - 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) + 3 \cos (a) \sin^{2} (a) + {(- 1)}^{3} \sin^{3} (a))$

Step 1.4.6

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $3$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 (\cos^{3} (a) - 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) + 3 \cos (a) \sin^{2} (a) - \sin^{3} (a))$

Step 1.5

Apply the distributive property.

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 \cos^{3} (a) - 2 (- 3 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a)) - 2 (3 \cos (a) \sin^{2} (a)) - 2 (- \sin^{3} (a))$

Step 1.6

Simplify.

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Step 1.6.1

Multiply $- 3$ by $- 2$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 \cos^{3} (a) + 6 (\cos^{2} (a) \sin (a)) - 2 (3 \cos (a) \sin^{2} (a)) - 2 (- \sin^{3} (a))$

Step 1.6.2

Multiply $3$ by $- 2$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 \cos^{3} (a) + 6 (\cos^{2} (a) \sin (a)) - 6 (\cos (a) \sin^{2} (a)) - 2 (- \sin^{3} (a))$

Step 1.6.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 2$ .

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 \cos^{3} (a) + 6 (\cos^{2} (a) \sin (a)) - 6 (\cos (a) \sin^{2} (a)) + 2 \sin^{3} (a)$

Step 1.7

Remove parentheses.

$\cos (3 a) + \sin (3 a) = 3 \cos (a) - 3 \sin (a) - 2 \cos^{3} (a) + 6 \cos^{2} (a) \sin (a) - 6 \cos (a) \sin^{2} (a) + 2 \sin^{3} (a)$

Step 2

Graph each side of the equation. The solution is the x-value of the point of intersection.

$a \approx - 0.1, 0.1, \frac{1}{5}, - 0.3, 0.3, - \frac{2}{5}, \frac{2}{5}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$a \approx - 0.1, 0.1, \frac{1}{5}, - 0.3, 0.3, - \frac{2}{5}, \frac{2}{5}$

Decimal Form:

$a \approx - 0.1, 0.1, 0.2, - 0.3, 0.3, - 0.4, 0.4$

Step 4