Thread: Identity for cos(wt+phase)cos(wt)

I am looking for an identity to simplify the following:

cos(wt+phase)cos(wt)=?

I assume it will be something similar to the power reduction identity:

cos^2(wt)=1/2(1+cos(2wt))

Thanks

Originally Posted by laguna92651

I am looking for an identity to simplify the following:

cos(wt+phase)cos(wt)=?

I assume it will be something similar to the power reduction identity:

cos^2(wt)=1/2(1+cos(2wt))

Thanks

Dear laguna92651,

You can use the product to sum identity.



For a complete list of trignometric identities you can refer List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hope this will help you.

I looked at that identity many times, but having the phase as part of one of the functions threw me. But all of sudden with your replay, I could see it clearly for some reason. It didn't dawn on me what A and B represented I guess, made it way harder than it was.

I got what I would expect, this is an amplitude modulation problem I was working on.
cos(wt+phase)cos(wt)=1/2[cos(2wt+phase)+cos(phase)

Thanks