Werner Formulas/Cosine by Sine/Proof 1

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Theorem

$\cos \alpha \sin \beta = \dfrac {\map \sin {\alpha + \beta} - \map \sin {\alpha - \beta} } 2$


Proof

\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds \frac {\map \sin {\alpha + \beta} - \map \sin {\alpha - \beta} } 2\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \frac {\paren {\sin \alpha \cos \beta + \cos \alpha \sin \beta} - \paren {\sin \alpha \cos \beta - \cos \alpha \sin \beta} } 2\) Sine of Sum and Sine of Difference
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \frac {2 \cos \alpha \sin \beta} 2\)
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds \cos \alpha \sin \beta\)

$\blacksquare$