In any triangle ABC, prove the following:
a2 sin (B – C) = (b2 – c2) sin A
Let a, b, c be the sides of any triangle ABC. Then by applying the sine rule, we get
⇒c = k sin C
Similarly, b = k sin B
And a = k sin A
Here we will consider RHS, so we get
RHS = (b2 – c2) sin A
Substituting corresponding values in the above equation, we get
⇒ = [( k sin B)2 - ( k sin C)2] sin A
⇒ = k2(sin2 B – sin2 C )sin A……….(ii)
But,
Substituting the above values in equation (ii), we get
⇒ = k2(sin(B + C) sin(B - C)) sin A
But A + B + C = π ⇒ B + C = π –A, so the above equation becomes,
⇒ = k2(sin(π –A) sin(B - C))sin A
But sin (π - θ) = sin θ
⇒ = k2(sin(A) sin(B - C))sin A
Rearranging the above equation we get
⇒ = (k sin(A))( sin(B - C))(k sin A)
From sine rule, a = k sin A, so the above equation becomes,
⇒ = a2 sin(B - C) = RHS
Hence proved