SOLUTION: Perform the multiplication and use fundamental identities to simplify: (sin x + cos x)^2

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Question 105526This question is from textbook Precalculus with limits
: Perform the multiplication and use fundamental identities to simplify:
(sin x + cos x)^2
This question is from textbook Precalculus with limits

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(sin x + cos x)^2
Using the FOIL Method,
FOIL method.
You know the following trig identity,

Substitute that in your equation,

Another indentity (fundamental identity, I think) is,

Substitute that into your equation,


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