Equivalence of two sine arguments

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Homework Statement



Hecht in his optics mentions that Asin(kx-wt+pi) is equivalent to Asin(wt-kx)
w=greek omega

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What is the fundamental reason behind this?

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I have a hunch it's plain trigonometry applied, but none of the things that I can think of bring up this result.
 
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yes, i do it works that way and thank you very much. I solved it too with a geometrical argument on the trig circle, but i like your approach much better.