Mister Exam

Least common denominator cos(x)/2-sin(x)/2

An expression to simplify:

The solution

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cos(x)   sin(x)
------ - ------
  2        2   
$$- \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{2} + \frac{\cos{\left(x \right)}}{2}$$
cos(x)/2 - sin(x)/2
General simplification [src]
  ___    /    pi\
\/ 2 *cos|x + --|
         \    4 /
-----------------
        2        
$$\frac{\sqrt{2} \cos{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{2}$$
sqrt(2)*cos(x + pi/4)/2
Numerical answer [src]
0.5*cos(x) - 0.5*sin(x)
0.5*cos(x) - 0.5*sin(x)
Rational denominator [src]
-sin(x) + cos(x)
----------------
       2        
$$\frac{- \sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}}{2}$$
(-sin(x) + cos(x))/2
Powers [src]
 I*x    -I*x     /   -I*x    I*x\
e      e       I*\- e     + e   /
---- + ----- + ------------------
 4       4             4         
$$\frac{i \left(e^{i x} - e^{- i x}\right)}{4} + \frac{e^{i x}}{4} + \frac{e^{- i x}}{4}$$
exp(i*x)/4 + exp(-i*x)/4 + i*(-exp(-i*x) + exp(i*x))/4
Combining rational expressions [src]
-sin(x) + cos(x)
----------------
       2        
$$\frac{- \sin{\left(x \right)} + \cos{\left(x \right)}}{2}$$
(-sin(x) + cos(x))/2
Trigonometric part [src]
         2/x\           /x\  
  1 - tan |-|        tan|-|  
          \2/           \2/  
--------------- - -----------
  /       2/x\\          2/x\
2*|1 + tan |-||   1 + tan |-|
  \        \2//           \2/
$$\frac{1 - \tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{2 \left(\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1\right)} - \frac{\tan{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}$$
   /    pi\         
sin|x + --|         
   \    2 /   sin(x)
----------- - ------
     2          2   
$$- \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{2} + \frac{\sin{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}}{2}$$
          2/x\          /x\  
  -1 + cot |-|       cot|-|  
           \2/          \2/  
--------------- - -----------
  /       2/x\\          2/x\
2*|1 + cot |-||   1 + cot |-|
  \        \2//           \2/
$$\frac{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} - 1}{2 \left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1\right)} - \frac{\cot{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)}}{\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} \right)} + 1}$$
  ___ /       2/x   pi\\
\/ 2 *|1 - tan |- + --||
      \        \2   8 //
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    /       2/x   pi\\  
  2*|1 + tan |- + --||  
    \        \2   8 //  
$$\frac{\sqrt{2} \left(1 - \tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)}\right)}{2 \left(\tan^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} + 1\right)}$$
  ___    /    pi\
\/ 2 *cos|x + --|
         \    4 /
-----------------
        2        
$$\frac{\sqrt{2} \cos{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}{2}$$
  ___    2/x   pi\ /        2/x   pi\\
\/ 2 *sin |- + --|*|-1 + cot |- + --||
          \2   8 / \         \2   8 //
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                  2                   
$$\frac{\sqrt{2} \left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} - 1\right) \sin^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)}}{2}$$
      ___     
    \/ 2      
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     /     pi\
2*csc|-x + --|
     \     4 /
$$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2 \csc{\left(- x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
   1          1    
-------- - --------
2*sec(x)   2*csc(x)
$$\frac{1}{2 \sec{\left(x \right)}} - \frac{1}{2 \csc{\left(x \right)}}$$
  ___    /    3*pi\
\/ 2 *sin|x + ----|
         \     4  /
-------------------
         2         
$$\frac{\sqrt{2} \sin{\left(x + \frac{3 \pi}{4} \right)}}{2}$$
      ___    
    \/ 2     
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     /    pi\
2*sec|x + --|
     \    4 /
$$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2 \sec{\left(x + \frac{\pi}{4} \right)}}$$
            /    pi\
         cos|x - --|
cos(x)      \    2 /
------ - -----------
  2           2     
$$\frac{\cos{\left(x \right)}}{2} - \frac{\cos{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}}{2}$$
   1             1      
-------- - -------------
2*sec(x)        /    pi\
           2*sec|x - --|
                \    2 /
$$- \frac{1}{2 \sec{\left(x - \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}} + \frac{1}{2 \sec{\left(x \right)}}$$
  ___ /        2/x   pi\\
\/ 2 *|-1 + cot |- + --||
      \         \2   8 //
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     /       2/x   pi\\  
   2*|1 + cot |- + --||  
     \        \2   8 //  
$$\frac{\sqrt{2} \left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} - 1\right)}{2 \left(\cot^{2}{\left(\frac{x}{2} + \frac{\pi}{8} \right)} + 1\right)}$$
      1            1    
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     /pi    \   2*csc(x)
2*csc|-- - x|           
     \2     /           
$$\frac{1}{2 \csc{\left(- x + \frac{\pi}{2} \right)}} - \frac{1}{2 \csc{\left(x \right)}}$$
1/(2*csc(pi/2 - x)) - 1/(2*csc(x))