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Expanding cos5q

Recall that (cosnq+isinnq)=(cosq+isinq)n

In this case we use n=5.

Again we write c for cosq and s for sinq, for brevity and expand that right-hand side using the binomial theorem.

The right-hand side becomes:

(c+is)5=c5+5c4is +10c3(is)2 +10c2(is)3 +5c(is)4 +(is)5.

This simplifies to:

(c+is)5=c5+5isc4- 10c3s2 -i10c2s3 +5cs4 is5

We can now put this new version of the right-hand side into the original equation:

(cos5q+isin5q)=c5+5isc4- 10c3s2 -i10c2s3 +5cs4 +is5

Comparing the real parts then gives us the expansion we wanted:

cos5q=c5- 10c3s2+5cs4.

i.e. cos5q= cos5q- 10cos3q sin2q+ 5cosqsin4q.

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