Complete the Lesson 4 Assignment that you saved in your course folder at the beginning of this lesson. Show work to support your answers.
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You are now ready to apply your understanding of how trigonometric identities can be used to solve equations. Go to Module 5 Project: Pushing the Limits of Vehicle Performance. Complete Activity 1: Part 2.
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Prosthaphaeresis
Before logarithms were used, and much before pocket calculators were invented, product identities were used to estimate the value of products. An example of a product identity is
The process is called prosthaphaeresis and can be thought of in four steps:
Consider 127 × 588.
Step 1: 0.127 × 0.588
Step 2: = cos (1.4434…) cos (0.9422…)
Step 3:
Step 4: 74 606
So, 127 × 588 = 74 606.