I am working on a sum, but get stuck...
Cos(90+x)Cos(360−x)Tan(180−x)Cos480
−SinxCosx.Tanx.Cos120
Is this right so far?...not sure how to proceed with this...please help
=cos(90°+x)cos(360°−x)tan(180°−x)cos(480°) =−sin(x)cos(360°−x)tan(180°−x)cos(480°)becausecos(90°+x)=−sin(x) =−sin(x)cos(−x)tan(180°−x)cos(480°)becausecos(360°−x)=cos(−x+360°)=cos(−x) =−sin(x)cos(x)tan(180°−x)cos(480°)because cos(x) is an even function,cos(−x)=cos(x) =−sin(x)cos(x)(−tan(x))cos(480°)becausetan(180°−x)=−tan(x) =sin(x)cos(x)tan(x)cos(480°) =sin(x)cos(x)tan(x)cos(120°)becausecos(480°)=cos(480°−360°)=cos(120°)
So far the only difference is because tan(180° - x) = -tan(x)
=sin(x)cos(x)tan(x)cos(120°) =sin(x)cos(x)⋅1tan(x)cos(120°) =tan(x)⋅1tan(x)cos(120°)becausesin(x)cos(x)=tan(x) =1cos(120°) =1(−12)becausecos(120°)=−12 =−2
Check: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=cos(pi%2F2%2Bx)%2F(cos(2pi-x)tan(pi-x)cos(8pi%2F3))