Question #f387d
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Aug 2, 2014
Simplest answer: Not.
Next simplest: The 4's are not factors of the numerator and denominator. You couldn't say cos(4x) = 4 cos(x) etc and then cancel 4's. Well you could but you'd be wrong.
One way to know these are different is that the graph of y = cos(4x) has frequency 4, while y = 4 cos(x) has amplitude 4.
Another approach:
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