Trig Identities Question NEED HELP

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How do I prove that

(1+sin2x) = (cosx)
(cosx + sinx) (cosx - sinx)
 
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I can't tell what you need to prove, since what you have written is ambiguous. Put parentheses around the terms in each numerator and in each denominator.

Do you know any double angle identities?
 
Mark44 said:
I can't tell what you need to prove, since what you have written is ambiguous. Put parentheses around the terms in each numerator and in each denominator.

Do you know any double angle identities?

I know double angle identities such as

sin2x = 2sinxcosx and the three cos2x ones but i can't get anything to work

I've got all the formulas but i don't know how to use them to make it work
 
Dude, i got pissed off at this same question yesterday. The key is 1 +2sinxcosx is a perfect square!