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62. Writing to Learn Explain why
1
−
cos
2
x
2
=
∣
sin
x
∣
\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos 2 x}{2}}=|\sin x|
2
1
−
cos
2
x
=
∣
sin
x
∣
is an identity but
1
−
cos
2
x
2
=
sin
x
\sqrt{\frac{1-\cos 2 x}{2}}=\sin x
2
1
−
cos
2
x
=
sin
x
is not an identity.
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