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3 December, 16:36

Prove cosh 3x = 4 cosh^3 x - 3 cosh x.

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  1. 3 December, 19:32
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    Prove we are to prove 4 (coshx) ^3 - 3 (coshx) we are asked to prove 4 (coshx) ^3 - 3 (coshx) to be equal to cosh 3x

    = 4 (e^x+e^ (-x)) ^3/8 - 3 (e^x+e^ (-x)) / 2 = e^3x / 2 + 3e^x / 2 + 3e^ (-x) / 2 + e^ (-3x) / 2 - 3 (e^x+e^ (-x)) / 2 = e^ (3x) / 2 + e^ (-3x) / 2 = cosh (3x) = LHS Since y = cosh x satisfies the equation if we replace the "2" with cosh3x, we require cosh 3x = 2 for the solution to work.

    i. e. e^ (3x) / 2 + e^ (-3x) / 2 = 2

    Setting e^ (3x) = u, we have u^2 + 1 - 4u = 0

    u = (4 + sqrt (12)) / 2 = 2 + sqrt (3), so x = ln ((2+sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3, Or u = (4 - sqrt (12)) / 2 = 2 - sqrt (3), so x = ln ((2-sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3,

    Therefore, y = cosh x = e^ (ln ((2+sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3) / 2 + e^ (-ln ((2+sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3) / 2 = (2+sqrt (3)) ^ (1/3) / 2 + (-2-sqrt (3)) ^ (1/3) to be equ

    = 4 (e^x+e^ (-x)) ^3/8 - 3 (e^x+e^ (-x)) / 2

    = e^3x / 2 + 3e^x / 2 + 3e^ (-x) / 2 + e^ (-3x) / 2 - 3 (e^x+e^ (-x)) / 2

    = e^ (3x) / 2 + e^ (-3x) / 2

    = cosh (3x)

    = LHS

    Therefore, because y = cosh x satisfies the equation IF we replace the "2" with cosh3x, we require cosh 3x = 2 for the solution to work.

    i. e. e^ (3x) / 2 + e^ (-3x) / 2 = 2

    Setting e^ (3x) = u, we have u^2 + 1 - 4u = 0

    u = (4 + sqrt (12)) / 2 = 2 + sqrt (3), so x = ln ((2+sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3,

    Or u = (4 - sqrt (12)) / 2 = 2 - sqrt (3), so x = ln ((2-sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3,

    Therefore, y = cosh x = e^ (ln ((2+sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3) / 2 + e^ (-ln ((2+sqrt (3)) / 2) / 3) / 2

    = (2+sqrt (3)) ^ (1/3) / 2 + (-2-sqrt (3)) ^ (1/3)
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