Question
If \dfrac{3\pi}{2} < \alpha <2\pi , simplify \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2} +\dfrac{1}{2}\cos 2\alpha } }
If \dfrac{3\pi}{2} < \alpha <2\pi , simplify \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2} +\dfrac{1}{2}\cos 2\alpha } }
\because \dfrac{3\pi}{2} < \alpha <2\pi
\therefore \cos \alpha>0
\because \dfrac{3\pi}{4} <\dfrac{ \alpha}{2} <\pi
\therefore \cos \dfrac{ \alpha}{2} < 0
\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2} +\dfrac{1}{2}\cos 2\alpha } }
= \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2 }\sqrt{\dfrac{1+\cos 2\alpha}{2} }}
= \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2 }\sqrt{\dfrac{1+2\cos^2 \alpha -1}{2} }}
= \sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}\cos \alpha }
=\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}(1+\cos \alpha ) }
=\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{2}\cdotp 2\cos^2 \dfrac{\alpha }{2} }
=-\cos \dfrac{\alpha }{2}