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Show that sin(x+π)=−sin x
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Answered by GPT-4o mini
To show that \(\sin(x + \pi) = -\sin x\), we can use the sine addition formula:

\[
\sin(a + b) = \sin a \cos b + \cos a \sin b
\]

In this case, let \(a = x\) and \(b = \pi\). Thus,

\[
\sin(x + \pi) = \sin x \cos \pi + \cos x \sin \pi
\]

We know that \(\cos \pi = -1\) and \(\sin \pi = 0\). Substituting these values gives us:

\[
\sin(x + \pi) = \sin x \cdot (-1) + \cos x \cdot 0 = -\sin x
\]

Thus, we have shown that \(\sin(x + \pi) = -\sin x\).

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