Question 15 Marks
Prove that: $\cos ^3 x \sin 3 x+\sin ^3 x \cos 3 x=\frac{3}{4} \sin 4 x$.
Answer
View full question & answer→We have to prove that $\cos ^3 x \sin 3 x+\sin ^3 x \cos 3 x=\frac{3}{4} \sin 4 x$.
We know that,
$\begin{array}{l}\cos 3 \theta=4 \cos ^3 \theta-3 \cos \theta \\ \Rightarrow 4 \cos ^3 \theta=\cos 3 \theta+3 \cos \theta \\ \Rightarrow \cos ^3 \theta=\frac{\cos 39+3 \cos \theta}{4} \ldots \text { (i) }\end{array}$
And similarly
$\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow \sin 3 \theta=3 \sin \theta-4 \sin ^3 \theta \\
\Rightarrow 4 \sin ^3 \theta=3 \sin \theta-\sin 3 \theta \\
\Rightarrow \sin ^3 \theta=\frac{3 \sin \theta-\sin 3 \theta}{4} \ldots\end{array}$
Now,
LHS $=\cos ^3 x \sin 3 x+\sin ^3 x \cos 3 x$
Substituting the values from equation (i) and (ii), we get
$\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow\left(\frac{\cos 3 x+3 \cos x}{4}\right) \sin 3 x+\left(\frac{\cos 3 x-3 \cos x}{4}\right) \cos 3 x \\
=\frac{1}{4}(\sin 3 x \cos 3 x+3 \sin 3 x \cos x+3 \sin x \cos 3 x-\sin 3 x \cos 3 x) \\ =\frac{1}{4}[3(\sin 3 x \cos x+\sin x \cos 3 x)+0] \\
=\frac{1}{4}(3 \sin (3 x+x))\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}\text { (as } \sin (x+y)=\sin x \cos y+\cos x \sin y) \\
\Rightarrow \frac{3}{4} \sin 4 x \\
\text { LHS }=\text { RHS }\end{array}$
Henve proved
We know that,
$\begin{array}{l}\cos 3 \theta=4 \cos ^3 \theta-3 \cos \theta \\ \Rightarrow 4 \cos ^3 \theta=\cos 3 \theta+3 \cos \theta \\ \Rightarrow \cos ^3 \theta=\frac{\cos 39+3 \cos \theta}{4} \ldots \text { (i) }\end{array}$
And similarly
$\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow \sin 3 \theta=3 \sin \theta-4 \sin ^3 \theta \\
\Rightarrow 4 \sin ^3 \theta=3 \sin \theta-\sin 3 \theta \\
\Rightarrow \sin ^3 \theta=\frac{3 \sin \theta-\sin 3 \theta}{4} \ldots\end{array}$
Now,
LHS $=\cos ^3 x \sin 3 x+\sin ^3 x \cos 3 x$
Substituting the values from equation (i) and (ii), we get
$\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow\left(\frac{\cos 3 x+3 \cos x}{4}\right) \sin 3 x+\left(\frac{\cos 3 x-3 \cos x}{4}\right) \cos 3 x \\
=\frac{1}{4}(\sin 3 x \cos 3 x+3 \sin 3 x \cos x+3 \sin x \cos 3 x-\sin 3 x \cos 3 x) \\ =\frac{1}{4}[3(\sin 3 x \cos x+\sin x \cos 3 x)+0] \\
=\frac{1}{4}(3 \sin (3 x+x))\end{array}$
$\begin{array}{l}\text { (as } \sin (x+y)=\sin x \cos y+\cos x \sin y) \\
\Rightarrow \frac{3}{4} \sin 4 x \\
\text { LHS }=\text { RHS }\end{array}$
Henve proved



