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Homework Statement


Two "waves", characterized by cosx and cos^2(x/2) interfere. Using phasors or complex numbers or trigonometry as necessary, aggregate "cosx + 2cos^2(x/2)" - i.e. rewrite as a single cosine.

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I was told that there is an error in the way this questions was written and that cos is supposed to be cis

cisθ = cosθ + isinθ

The Attempt at a Solution



I don't know what to do. Am I supposed to replace all of the cosines in the original problem with cis?
 
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If that was what you were told, then yes, that is what you should do. Of course, [itex]cis(\theta)= e^{i\theta}[/itex] and that might be easier to use.