Trigonometry Examples

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} = \sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{2} (x)$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $\sin^{2} (x)$ from both sides of the equation.

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - \sin^{2} (x) = \cos^{2} (x)$

Step 1.2

Subtract $\cos^{2} (x)$ from both sides of the equation.

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - \sin^{2} (x) - \cos^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2

Simplify ${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - \sin^{2} (x) - \cos^{2} (x)$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $- 1$ out of $- \sin^{2} (x)$ .

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - (\sin^{2} (x)) - \cos^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.2

Factor $- 1$ out of $- \cos^{2} (x)$ .

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - (\sin^{2} (x)) - (\cos^{2} (x)) = 0$

Step 2.3

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (\sin^{2} (x)) - (\cos^{2} (x))$ .

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - (\sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{2} (x)) = 0$

Step 2.4

Apply pythagorean identity.

${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2} - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.5.1

Rewrite ${(\sin (x) + \cos (x))}^{2}$ as $(\sin (x) + \cos (x)) (\sin (x) + \cos (x))$ .

$(\sin (x) + \cos (x)) (\sin (x) + \cos (x)) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.2

Expand $(\sin (x) + \cos (x)) (\sin (x) + \cos (x))$ using the FOIL Method.

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Step 2.5.2.1

Apply the distributive property.

$\sin (x) (\sin (x) + \cos (x)) + \cos (x) (\sin (x) + \cos (x)) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.2.2

Apply the distributive property.

$\sin (x) \sin (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) (\sin (x) + \cos (x)) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.2.3

Apply the distributive property.

$\sin (x) \sin (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3

Simplify and combine like terms.

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Step 2.5.3.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.5.3.1.1

Multiply $\sin (x) \sin (x)$ .

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Step 2.5.3.1.1.1

Raise $\sin (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sin^{1} (x) \sin (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.1.2

Raise $\sin (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sin^{1} (x) \sin^{1} (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.1.3

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

${\sin (x)}^{1 + 1} + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.1.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.2

Multiply $\cos (x) \cos (x)$ .

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Step 2.5.3.1.2.1

Raise $\cos (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos^{1} (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.2.2

Raise $\cos (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos^{1} (x) \cos^{1} (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.2.3

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\sin^{2} (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + {\cos (x)}^{1 + 1} - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.1.2.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \sin (x) \cos (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos^{2} (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.2

Reorder the factors of $\sin (x) \cos (x)$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos^{2} (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.3.3

Add $\cos (x) \sin (x)$ and $\cos (x) \sin (x)$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + 2 \cos (x) \sin (x) + \cos^{2} (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.4

Move $\cos^{2} (x)$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{2} (x) + 2 \cos (x) \sin (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.5

Apply pythagorean identity.

$1 + 2 \cos (x) \sin (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.6

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.5.6.1

Reorder $2 \cos (x)$ and $\sin (x)$ .

$1 + \sin (x) (2 \cos (x)) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.6.2

Reorder $\sin (x)$ and $2$ .

$1 + 2 \cdot \sin (x) \cos (x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.6.3

Apply the sine double-angle identity.

$1 + \sin (2 x) - 1 \cdot 1 = 0$

Step 2.5.7

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$1 + \sin (2 x) - 1 = 0$

Step 2.6

Combine the opposite terms in $1 + \sin (2 x) - 1$ .

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Step 2.6.1

Subtract $1$ from $1$ .

$0 + \sin (2 x) = 0$

Step 2.6.2

Add $0$ and $\sin (2 x)$ .

$\sin (2 x) = 0$

Step 3

The domain of the expression is all real numbers except where the expression is undefined. In this case, there is no real number that makes the expression undefined.