Verify an Identity

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    nycmathguy

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    Section 5.4

    I need help with 87 and 89.

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    87.
    cos(n*pi+theta)=(-1)^n*cos(theta) , n is an integer

    when n is even number, n=2k, k element Z
    then cos(n*pi+theta)=cos(2k*pi+theta)=1^(2k)*cos(theta)=cos(theta)

    when n is odd number, n=2k+1, k element Z

    then cos(n*pi+theta)=cos((2k+1)*pi+theta)=(-1^(2k)cos(theta)=- cos(theta)

    cos(n*pi+theta)=(-1)^n*cos(theta)-> proven

    89. is just as previous post
     
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    Moving forward, I will post questions for which Ron Larson and David Cohen (two different precalculus books) provide sample problems for. This makes a lot more sense than randomly selecting a bunch of problems for which there is nothing for me to use as a guide to answer similar problems. I am also wasting lots of time answering questions that are beyond my level of mathematics. So, skipping 89 here makes sense.
     
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