Is ½cos(2θ) = sin θ cos θ a valid identity?

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Today the professor wrote down the following for use in an integral:

[tex]\frac{1}{2}cos(2\theta)=sin\theta cos\theta[/tex]

i am not sure is this is correct. i have tried to prove this and cannot, i have also not found it in an table of trig identities. Is this a valid identity? i am not sure since this prof always makes mistakes
 
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It should be [tex]\frac{1}{2}\sin 2\theta = \sin\theta \cos\theta[/tex]