Answer to Question #244836 in Calculus for Shee

Question

If y=sin2ax+cosax,prove that yn=a^n{1+(-1) sin2ax}^1/2

Answer 1

$\begin{aligned} y &=\sin a x+\cos a x \\ y_{n} &=a^{n} \sin \left\{\frac{n \pi}{2}+a x\right\}+b^{n} \cos \left\{\frac{n \pi}{2}+a x\right\} \\ &=a^{n}\left(\sin \left\{\frac{n \pi}{2}+a x\right\}+\cos \left\{\frac{n \pi}{2}+a x\right\}\right) \end{aligned}\\ Since (\sin a x+\cos a x)=(1+\sin 2 a x)^{\frac{1}{2}} , then\\ \begin{aligned} y_{n} &=a^{n}\left\{1+\sin 2\left(\frac{n \pi}{2}+a x\right)\right\} \\ &=a^{n}\left\{1+\sin \left(\frac{2 n \pi}{2}+2 a x\right)\right\}^{\frac{1}{2}} \\ &=\left\{1+(-1)^{n} \sin 2 a x\right\}^{\frac{1}{2}} \end{aligned}$