Trigonometric-Identities Question 394

Question: $ 2\cos x-\cos 3x-\cos 5x= $

[Roorkee 1974]

Options:

A) $ 16{{\cos }^{3}}x{{\sin }^{2}}x $

B) $ 16{{\sin }^{3}}x{{\cos }^{2}}x $

C) $ 4{{\cos }^{3}}x{{\sin }^{2}}x $

D) $ 4{{\sin }^{3}}x{{\cos }^{2}}x $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ 2,\cos x-\cos ,3x-\cos ,5x=2\cos x(1-\cos 4x) $ $ =2\cos x,2{{\sin }^{2}}2x $ $ =4,\cos x,{{\sin }^{2}},2x=16,{{\sin }^{2}}x,{{\cos }^{3}}x $ .