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How to simplfiy $ \cos^{2}(\theta) \sin(\theta) $ to terms of $\sin$ or $\cos$ only?
Is it possible to simplify
$$ \cos^{2}(\theta) \sin(\theta) $$
to terms of only $\sin$ or $\cos$?
I need to simplify this to take the integral.
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Help me to remember $\operatorname{cosh}^{2}(y) -\operatorname{sinh}^{2}(y)=1$, some easy verification and deduction?
I can faintly visualize some way of deducing this formula with exponential functions but forgot it. How do you remember it? Suppose you just forget whether it is plus-or-minus there, how do you find ...
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Why is it that when proving trig identities, one must work both sides independently?
Suppose that you have to prove the trig identity:
$$\frac{\sin\theta - \sin^3\theta}{\cos^2\theta}=\sin\theta$$
I have always been told that I should manipulate the left and right sides of the ...
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Good SAT learning resources?
I'm looking to brush up on SAT math. (That's basic algebra, probability and trigonometry.)
I'm interested in books and websites.
