NCERT Class XI Mathematics - Trigonometric Functions - Solutions

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Question : 58
Total: 61
ain 3x + sin 2x - sin x = 4 sin x cos
x
2
cos
3x
2

Solution:  
We have,
L.H.S.= sin 3x + sin 2x – sinx = sin 3x – sin x + sin 2x
= 2 cos (
3x+x
2
)
s
i
n
(
3x−x
2
)
+ sin 2x
Since sin A - sin B = 2 cos (
A+B
2
)
s
i
n
(
A−B
2
)

= 2cos(2x) sinx + 2 sinx cosx [Since sin 2x = 2 sinx cosx]
= 2 sinx [cos 2x + cosx]
= 2 sin x [2cos(
2x+x
2
)
c
o
s
(2x−
x
2
)
]

Since cos A + cos B = 2 cos (
A+B
2
)
cos (
A−B
2
)

= 2 sin x 2 cos
3x
2
c
o
s
x
2
= 4 sin x cos
3x
2
cos
x
2
= R.H.S.
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