TrigInTriangle Basic

Problem - 3900
In $\triangle{ABC}$, show that \begin{align*} \sin 2A + \sin 2B + \sin 2C &= 4\sin A\sin B \sin C\\ \cos 2A + \cos 2B + \cos 2C &= -1-4\cos A\cos B\cos C \end{align*}

Both identities can be proved by applying basic formulas. \begin{align*} &\sin 2A + \sin 2B + \sin 2C \\ &= 2\sin(A+B)\cos (A-B) + 2\sin C\cos C\\ &= 2\sin C \cos (A-B) + 2\sin C\cos C\\ &= 2\sin C (\cos (A-B) - \cos (A+B)\\ &= 2\sin C \cdot 2 \sin A \sin B\\ &= 4\sin A \sin B \sin C \end{align*} \begin{align*} &\cos 2A + \cos 2B + \cos 2C \\ &= 2\cos(A+B)\cos (A-B) + 2\cos^2C - 1\\ &= -2\cos C \cos (A-B) - 2\cos C\cos(A+B) -1\\ &= -2\cos C(\cos (A-B) + \cos (A+B) -1\\ &= -4\cos A\cos B\cos C -1 \end{align*}

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