a)\(pt\Leftrightarrow\frac{1-cos8x}{2}+\frac{1-cos6x}{2}=\frac{1-cos4x}{2}+\frac{1-cos2x}{2}\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos2x+cos4x=cos6x+cos8x\)

\(\Leftrightarrow2cos3x\cdot cosx=2cos7x\cdot cosx\)

\(\Leftrightarrow2cos\left(cos3x-cos7x\right)=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow2cosx\cdot\left(-2\right)\cdot sin5x\cdot sin\left(-2x\right)=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cosx\cdot sin2x\cdot sin5x=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow sin2x\cdot sin5x=0\)(do sin2x=0 <=>2sinx*cosx=0 gồm th cosx=0 r`)

\(\Leftrightarrow\left[\begin{array}{nghiempt}sin2x=0\\sin5x=0\end{array}\right.\)\(\Rightarrow\left[\begin{array}{nghiempt}x=\frac{k\pi}{2}\\x=\frac{k\pi}{5}\end{array}\right.\)\(\left(k\in Z\right)\)

b)\(pt\Leftrightarrow1-cos2x+1-cos4x=1+cos6x+1+cos8x\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos2x+cos8x+cos4x+cos6x=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos10x\cdot cos6x+cos10x\cdot cos2x=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos10x\left(cos6x+cos2x\right)=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos10x\cdot cos8x\cdot cos4x=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow\left[\begin{array}{nghiempt}cos10x=0\\cos8x=0\\cos4x=0\end{array}\right.\)

\(\Leftrightarrow\left[\begin{array}{nghiempt}x=\frac{\pi}{20}+\frac{k\pi}{10}\\x=\frac{\pi}{16}+\frac{k\pi}{8}\\x=\frac{\pi}{8}+\frac{k\pi}{4}\end{array}\right.\)

\(\Leftrightarrow\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2}cos2x+\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2}cos6x=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}cos4x+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2}cos8x\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos8x+cos2x+cos6x+cos4x=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow2cos5x.cos3x+2cos5x.cosx=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow cos5x\left(cos3x+cosx\right)=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow2cos5x.cos2x.cosx=0\)

\(\Leftrightarrow\left[{}\begin{matrix}cos5x=0\\cos2x=0\\cosx=0\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Leftrightarrow\left[{}\begin{matrix}x=\frac{\pi}{10}+\frac{k\pi}{5}\\x=\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{k\pi}{2}\\x=\frac{\pi}{2}+k\pi\end{matrix}\right.\)

Do \(\left\{{}\begin{matrix}cos^2x\ge0\\cos^22x\ge0\\cos^23x\ge0\end{matrix}\right.\)

\(\Rightarrow cos^2x+cos^22x+cos^23x\ge0\) với mọi x

Đẳng thức xảy ra khi và chỉ khi:

\(\left\{{}\begin{matrix}cosx=0\\cos2x=0\\cos3x=0\end{matrix}\right.\) \(\Leftrightarrow\left\{{}\begin{matrix}cosx=0\\2cos^2x-1=0\\cos3x=0\end{matrix}\right.\)

Pt vô nghiệm (do \(cosx=0\Rightarrow2cos^2x-1=-1\ne0\))