Question
Prove by vector method that sin (A – B) = sin A cos B – cos A sin B
Solution
Let OX and OY be two axes and let
be unit vectors along OX and OY respectively.

Let
be two vectors such that
so that

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be the unit vector along z-axis.
Now,
and



Also,
...(2)
From (1) and (2), we get




Let



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Now,


and




Also,


From (1) and (2), we get


