Prove that (cosx - cosy) + (sinx - siny )is equal to 4sin^2(x+y)/2

Q(4) Prove that

$\small (\cos x-\cos y)^{2} + (\sin x - \sin y)^{2} = 4\sin^{2}\left ( \frac{x-y}{2} \right )$

Answers (1)

We know that $(a+b)^{2} = a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}$
and
$(a-b)^{2} = a^{2} - 2ab + b^{2}$
We use these two in our problem

$(\sin x-\sin y)^{2} = \sin^{2}x - 2\sin x\sin y + \sin^{2}y$
and
$(\cos x-\cos y)^{2} = \cos^{2}x - 2\cos x\cos y + \cos^{2}y$

$\small (\cos x - \cos y)^{2} + (\sin x - \sin y)^{2}$ = $\cos^{2}x - 2\cos x\cos y + \cos^{2}y$ + $\sin^{2}x - 2\sin x\sin y + \sin^{2}y$
= 1 - 2cosxcosy + 1 - 2sinxsiny $\left ( \because \sin^{2}x + \cos^{2}x = 1\ and \ \sin^{2}y + \cos^{2}y = 1 \right )$
= 2 - 2(cosxcosy + sinxsiny)
= 2 - 2cos(x - y) $\small (\because \cos(x-y) =\cos x \cos y + \sin x \sin y)$
= 2(1 - cos(x - y) )
Now we can write
$cos(x + y) = 1 -2sin^{2}\frac{(x + y)}{2}$ $\left ( \because \cos2x = 1 - 2\sin^{2}x \ \Rightarrow \cos x = 1 - 2\sin^{2}\frac{x}{2} \right )$