How Can You Transform Sin(t)*Sin(x) into f(x+t)+g(x-t) Using Trig Identities?

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[SOLVED] Trigonometric Transformation

This is a calculus 3 problem, but this part involves only trig identities:
Make the function f(x,t) = sin(t)*sin(x) into the form: f(x+t)+g(x-t).
I'm not sure whether to use half angle formulas, or what?
 
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Bassoonmac said:
I'm not sure whether to use half angle formulas...
Yup, I'd try that!