SOLUTION: how do you Verify this equation?: sin(n<font face="symbol">p</font> + <font face="symbol">q</font>) = (-1)<sup>n</sup>sin(<font face="symbol">q</font>), where n is an integer

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Question 474432: how do you Verify this equation?: sin(np + q) = (-1)nsin(q), where n is an integer
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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It comes from the fact that 

sin(np) = 0

and

cos(0p) = 1, cos(1p) = -1, cos(2p) = 1, cos(3p) = -1, cos(4p) = 1, etc.

cos([even number]·p) = 1,  cos([odd number]·p) = -1 

and

(-1)(even number) = 1,  (-1)(odd number) = -1

therefore, since even and odd numbers alternate, we have 

cos(np) = (-1)n

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Therefore,

sin(np + q) = 

sin(np)cos(q) + cos(np)sin(q) =

     0·cos(q) + (-1)nsin(q) =

                  (-1)nsin(q) 

Edwin