$\cos \left(\frac{3 \pi}{4}+x\right)-\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-x\right)=$

$\cos \left(\frac{3 \pi}{4}+x\right)-\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-x\right)=$
  1. $-\sqrt{2} \cos x$
  2. $-\sqrt{2} \sin x$
  3. $\sqrt{2} \cos x$
  4. $\sqrt{2} \sin x$

Solution

$\cos \left(\frac{3 \pi}{4}+x\right)-\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}-x\right)$ $=\left(\cos \frac{3 \pi}{4} \cos x-\sin \frac{3 \pi}{4} \sin x\right)-\left(\sin \frac{\pi}{4} \cos x-\cos \frac{\pi}{4} \sin x\right)$ $=\frac{-1}{\sqrt{2}} \cos x-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \sin x-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \cos x+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \sin x$ $=-\sqrt{2} \cos x$

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (14 Oct Shift 1)

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