Monday, May 25, 2009

2009/004) Prove the identity sin^2Acos^2B-cos^2Asin^2B = sin^2A-sin^2B

sin^(2)Acos^(2)B-cos^(2)Asin^(2)B
= sin ^2 A(1- sin ^2 B) - cos^(2)Asin^(2)B
= sin ^2 A - sin ^2 A sin ^2 B - cos^(2)Asin^(2)B
= sin ^2 A - sin ^2 B(sin ^2 A + cos ^2 A)
= sin ^2 A - sin ^2 B

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