# Trig Proof Issue..

• Mar 11th 2009, 08:03 PM
Ramar
Trig Proof Issue..
I am currently smashing my face into my desk from frustration of this trig proof. People have told me it's easy, but for whatever reason, I can not for the life of me figure out how to do it. The problem is:

(sin³x + cos³x) / (sinx + cosx) = (1 - sinx cosx)

Any help with this would be greatly apperciated..

Thanks in advance! (Cool)
• Mar 11th 2009, 08:10 PM
TheEmptySet
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Originally Posted by Ramar
I am currently smashing my face into my desk from frustration of this trig proof. People have told me it's easy, but for whatever reason, I can not for the life of me figure out how to do it. The problem is:

(sin³x + cos³x) / (sinx + cosx) = (1 - sinx cosx)

Any help with this would be greatly apperciated..

Thanks in advance! (Cool)

Do you remember the formula for factoring the sum of cubes.

$A^3+B^3=(A+B)(A^2-AB+B^2)$

This should finish the proof for you.

Good luck.
• Mar 11th 2009, 08:15 PM
Ramar
Holy cow. I can't believe I missed that. (Headbang) lol thanks for the help and the quick response. =)