Precalculus Examples

Expand the Trigonometric Expression sin(4x)cos(6x)
Step 1
Factor out of .
Step 2
Apply the sine double-angle identity.
Step 3
Multiply by .
Step 4
Use the double-angle identity to transform to .
Step 5
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1
Move .
Step 6.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.3
Add and .
Step 7
Simplify terms.
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Step 7.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.2
Simplify with factoring out.
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Step 7.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.3.1
Use the triple-angle identity to transform to .
Step 7.3.2
Rewrite as .
Step 7.3.3
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 7.3.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.3.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.4
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 7.3.4.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.3.4.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 7.3.4.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.3.4.1.2.1
Move .
Step 7.3.4.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.4.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.4.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.4.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.3.4.1.4.1
Move .
Step 7.3.4.1.4.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.3.4.1.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.4.1.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.4.1.4.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.4.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.4.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.3.4.1.6.1
Move .
Step 7.3.4.1.6.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.3.4.1.6.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.4.1.6.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.4.1.6.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.4.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.4.1.8
Multiply .
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Step 7.3.4.1.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.4.1.8.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.4.1.8.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.4.1.8.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.4.1.8.5
Add and .
Step 7.3.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 7.3.5
Apply the sine triple-angle identity.
Step 7.3.6
Rewrite as .
Step 7.3.7
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 7.3.7.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.7.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.7.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.8
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 7.3.8.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.3.8.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 7.3.8.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.3.8.1.2.1
Move .
Step 7.3.8.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.8.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.8.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.8.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.3.8.1.4.1
Move .
Step 7.3.8.1.4.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.3.8.1.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.8.1.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.8.1.4.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.8.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.8.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.3.8.1.6.1
Move .
Step 7.3.8.1.6.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.3.8.1.6.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.8.1.6.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.8.1.6.3
Add and .
Step 7.3.8.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.8.1.8
Multiply .
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Step 7.3.8.1.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.8.1.8.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.8.1.8.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.3.8.1.8.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.3.8.1.8.5
Add and .
Step 7.3.8.2
Subtract from .
Step 7.3.9
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.3.10
Simplify.
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Step 7.3.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.3.10.3
Multiply by .
Step 8
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 9
Simplify terms.
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Step 9.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 9.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.1.1
Move .
Step 9.1.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.3.1
Move .
Step 9.1.3.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.5.1
Move .
Step 9.1.5.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.7.1
Move .
Step 9.1.7.2
Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.7.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.9
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.9.1
Move .
Step 9.1.9.2
Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.9.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.9.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.9.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.11.1
Move .
Step 9.1.11.2
Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.11.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.11.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.11.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.12
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.13
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.13.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.13.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.13.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.13.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.14
Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.15.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.15.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.15.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.15.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.16
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.17
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.17.1
Move .
Step 9.1.17.2
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.17.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.17.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.18
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.19
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.19.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.19.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.20
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.21
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.21.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.21.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.21.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.21.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.22
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.23
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.23.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.23.3
Add and .
Step 9.1.24
Multiply by .
Step 9.2
Simplify by adding terms.
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Step 9.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 9.2.2
Add and .