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Please help me with this question I don’t understand and been struggling would love to appreciate your help this is not test or anything it’s just Hw thank you!

Please help me with this question I don’t understand and been struggling would love-example-1
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we have the expression


\sin (x-(\pi)/(4))=\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{2}(\sin x-\cos x)

Remember that


\sin (x-(\pi)/(4))=\sin x\cdot\cos (\pi)/(4)-\cos x\cdot\sin (\pi)/(4)

and


\cos (\pi)/(4)=\sin (\pi)/(4)=\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{2}

substitute


\sin (x-(\pi)/(4))=\sin x\cdot\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{2}-\cos x\cdot\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{2}

Factor


\sin (x-(\pi)/(4))=\frac{\sqrt[]{2}}{2}\cdot(\sin x-\cos x)

therefore

The identity is verified

the answer in the blank box must be


\sin x\cdot\cos (\pi)/(4)-\cos x\cdot\sin (\pi)/(4)

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