document.write( "Question 1190028: Prove that sin^4 x - sin^2 x is equal to cos^4 x - cos^2 x \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Based on Trigonometry identity sin^2(x) + cos^2(x) = 1, we have\r\n" );
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document.write( "    sin^2(x) = 1 - cos^2(x)  and  cos^2(x) = 1 - sin^2(x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Using it, we have this one line chain of equivalent transformations\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"sin%5E4%28x%29+-+sin%5E2%28x%29\" = \"sin%5E2%28x%29%2A%28sin%5E2%28x%29+-+1%29\" = \"-sin%5E2%28x%29%2Acos%5E2%28x%29\" = \"-%281-cos%5E2%28x%29%29%2A%28cos%5E2%28x%29%29\" = \"cos%5E4%28x%29-cos%5E2%28x%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the proof is completed at this point.\r\n" );
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