Trigonometry Examples

$\cos (2 π t - \frac{π}{4})$

Step 1

Apply the difference of angles identity $\cos (x - y) = \cos (x) \cos (y) + \sin (x) \sin (y)$ .

$\cos (2 π t) \cos (\frac{π}{4}) + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.1

Add parentheses.

$\cos (2 (π t)) \cos (\frac{π}{4}) + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.2

Use the double-angle identity to transform $\cos (2 x)$ to $\cos^{2} (x) - \sin^{2} (x)$ .

$(\cos^{2} (π t) - \sin^{2} (π t)) \cos (\frac{π}{4}) + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.3

The exact value of $\cos (\frac{π}{4})$ is $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ .

$(\cos^{2} (π t) - \sin^{2} (π t)) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.4

Apply the distributive property.

$\cos^{2} (π t) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} - \sin^{2} (π t) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.5

Combine $\cos^{2} (π t)$ and $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \sin^{2} (π t) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.6

Combine $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ and $\sin^{2} (π t)$ .

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + \sin (2 π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.7

Add parentheses.

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + \sin (2 (π t)) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.8

Apply the sine double-angle identity.

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + 2 \sin (π t) \cos (π t) \sin (\frac{π}{4})$

Step 2.9

The exact value of $\sin (\frac{π}{4})$ is $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + 2 \sin (π t) \cos (π t) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$

Step 2.10

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 2.10.1

Factor $2$ out of $2 \sin (π t) \cos (π t)$ .

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + 2 (\sin (π t) \cos (π t)) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$

Step 2.10.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + 2 (\sin (π t) \cos (π t)) \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$

Step 2.10.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{\cos^{2} (π t) \sqrt{2}}{2} - \frac{\sqrt{2} \sin^{2} (π t)}{2} + \sin (π t) \cos (π t) \sqrt{2}$