Find the peroid of the function $f(x)=4\cos^4(\frac{x-π}{4π^2})-2\cos(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})$.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
$f(x)=4\cos^4(\frac{x-π}{4π^2})-2\cos(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})$
$=(2\cos^2(\frac{x-π}{4π^2}))^2-2\cos^2(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})$
$=(1+\cos(\frac{x-π}{2π^2}))^2-2\cos(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})$ $(using\,2\cos^2θ+\cos 2θ)$
$=\cos^2(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})+1$
$=\frac{1+\cos(\frac{x-π}{π^2})}{2}+1$
$=\frac{\cos(\frac{x}{π^2}-\frac{1}{π})}{2}+3$
for $\cos^2(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})+1$
we know for $\cos^2(x-π)+1$ period is $"π"$
so for $\cos^2(\frac{x-π}{2π^2})+1$
Period is $\frac{π}{\frac{1}{2}π^2}=2π^3$