Prove that $\text{cos}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{+x} \right)\text{-cos}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{-x} \right)\text{=-}\sqrt{\text{2}}\text{sinx}$
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Ans: We know that , $\text{cos A-cos B=-2sin}\left( \dfrac{\text{A+B}}{\text{2}} \right)\text{.sin}\left( \dfrac{\text{A-B}}{\text{2}} \right)$
$\therefore $ L.H.S.$\text{=cos}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{+x} \right)\text{-cos}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{-x} \right)$
$\text{=-2sin}\left\{ \dfrac{\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{+x} \right)\text{+}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{-x} \right)}{\text{2}} \right\}\text{.sin}\left\{ \dfrac{\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{+x} \right)\text{-}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{-x} \right)}{\text{2}} \right\}$
$\text{=-2sin}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}} \right)\text{sin x}$
Since $\text{sin x}$ repeats the same value after an interval $\text{2 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }$ ,
we have, $\text{sin}\left( \dfrac{\text{3 }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}} \right)\text{=sin}\left( \text{ }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ -}\dfrac{\text{ }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}} \right)$
Therefore, $\text{L}\text{.H}\text{.S=-2sin}\dfrac{\text{ }\!\!\pi\!\!\text{ }}{\text{4}}\text{sin x}$
$\text{=-2 }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ }\dfrac{\text{1}}{\sqrt{\text{2}}}\text{ }\!\!\times\!\!\text{ sinx}$
$\text{=-}\sqrt{\text{2}}\text{sin x}$
= R.H.S
Hence proved.