Product to Sum

Product to sum formula: sin α sin β

sinαsinβ=12[cos(αβ)cos(α+β)]\sin\alpha \sin\beta = \tfrac{1}{2}[\cos(\alpha-\beta) - \cos(\alpha+\beta)]

sin α sin β = ½[cos(α − β) − cos(α + β)]. Note that a product of two sines turns into cosines, and that the second term is subtracted - the one sign in the product-to-sum family worth double-checking.

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