Saturday, 1 October 2016

trigonometry - If $A+B+C=pi$, prove: $cos(B+2C)+cos(C+2A)+cos(A+2B)=1-4cosfrac {B-C}{2};cosfrac {C-A}{2};cosfrac {A-B}{2}$




If $A+B+C=\pi$, prove that:
$$\cos(B+2C)+\cos(C+2A)+\cos(A+2B)=1-4\cos\frac {B-C}{2}\;\cos\frac {C-A}{2}\;\cos\frac {A-B}{2}$$





My Attempt:



Here, $A+B+C=\pi$



Now,
$$\begin{align}
LHS &=\cos(B+2C)+\cos(C+2A)+\cos(A+2B) \\
&=\cos(B+C+C)+\cos(C+A+A)+\cos(A+B+B) \\
&=\cos(\pi-(A-C))+\cos(\pi-(B-A))+\cos(\pi-(C-B)) \\
&=-\cos(A-C)-\cos(B-A)-\cos(C-B)

\end{align}$$



Please help to continue from here.


Answer



Let $C-A=2x,B-C=2y,A-B=2z\implies2(x+y+z)=0$



$$F=\cos2x+\cos2y+\cos2z=2\cos(x+y)\cos(x-y)+2\cos^2z-1$$



Now as $\cos(x+y)=\cos(-z)=\cos z,$




$$F=2\cos z\cos(x-y)+2\cos z\cdot\cos(x+y)-1$$
$$=2\cos z\{\cos(x+y)+\cos(x-y)\}-1=2\cos z\{2\cos x\cos y\}-1=?$$


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