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A hint to get started

Expand shifted angles before making small-angle approximations

If x is sufficiently small for terms in x higher than x2x^2 to be negligible, obtain approximations for

(a) sin⁡(x+π/6)\sin(x+\pi/6),

(b) cos⁡(π/3+x)−cos⁡(π/3−x)\cos(\pi/3+x)-\cos(\pi/3-x).

CJC · Lecture · Example 9

Rewrite with exact identities first, then retain enough terms to survive any multiplication, cancellation or division.

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