Question
Question: Prove that \[\dfrac{{\sin B}}{{\sin A}} = \dfrac{{\sin (2A + B)}}{{\sin A}} - 2\cos (A + B)\]...
Prove that sinAsinB=sinAsin(2A+B)−2cos(A+B)
Solution
In proving any statement we first need to expand the given functions, here we have some trigonometric functions so we will try to expand trigonometry identities and try to simplify the function to get the function that is on the other side.
Formula: Formulas that we will be using in this problem:
(1) sin(A+B)=sinAcosB+cosAsinB
(2) cos(A+B)=cosAcosB−sinAsinB
(3) sin2A=2sinAcosA
(4) cos2A=1−2sin2A
Complete step by step answer:
It is given that sinAsinB=sinAsin(2A+B)−2cos(A+B) . Let us take the rights side of the given equation and prove it to be the left-hand side.
Let us consider the right-hand side that is sinAsin(2A+B)−2cos(A+B)
Let us use the formula sin(A+B)=sinAcosB+cosAsinB to expand sin(2A+B).
⇒sinAsin2AcosB+cos2AsinB−2cos(A+B)
Now let us expand cos(A+B) using the formula cos(A+B)=cosAcosB−sinAsinB.
⇒sinAsin2AcosB+cos2AsinB−2(cosAcosB−sinAsinB)
Now let us take LCM.
⇒sinAsin2AcosB+cos2AsinB−2sinA(cosAcosB−sinAsinB)
Let us simplify this.
⇒sinAsin2AcosB+cos2AsinB−2sinAcosAcosB+2sinAsinAsinB)
Now let us rewrite the above expression.
⇒sinAsin2AcosB+cos2AsinB−(2sinAcosA)cosB+2sin2AsinB)
Let us simplify the term 2sinAcosAusing the formulasin2A=2sinAcosA.
⇒sinAsin2AcosB+cos2AsinB−sin2AcosB+2sin2AsinB
Now we can see that the first and the third term in the numerator are the same with a different sign so, they will get canceled.
⇒sinA(cos2A+2sin2A)sinB
Let us now expand cos2Ausing the formulacos2A=1−2sin2A.
⇒sinA(1−2sin2A+2sin2A)sinB
Now the term 2sin2Awith different signs gets canceled.
⇒sinA(1)sinB
On simplifying this we get
⇒sinAsinB
⇒LHS
⇒LHS=RHS
Note: In proving the statement we need to be choosier to select the identities so that we will get the function that is on the other side. Since we have more identities, we may end up expanding the trigonometry function in the wrong way, which means that we cannot make them like the function on the other side.