document.write( "Question 1056970: cos(2x) + cos(4x) \n" ); document.write( "
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The formula to use for this is:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%28a%29+%2B+cos%28b%29+=+2cos%28%28a+%2B+b%29%2F2%29cos%28%28a+-+b%29%2F2%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Applying this to cos(2x) + cos(4x) gives:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then, since cos(-x) = cos(x), we get:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"cos%282x%29+%2B+cos%284x%29+=+2cos%283x%29cos%28x%29+\"
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