Summing cosines of sines and cosines

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Homework Statement



\sum_{t=0}^{n-1}cos2 \pi ft(x_{t}- \mu-Acos2 \pi ft-Bsin2 \pi ft)

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I know to set = 0
I just am not knowing what to do with the cos after the sum...how do I take this sum?
 
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hi matlabber! :smile:

i suspect they mean \sum_{t=0}^{n-1}(cos2 \pi ft)(x_{t}- \mu-Acos2 \pi ft-Bsin2 \pi ft) :wink:
 
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