What is the value of cos^2(2(pi/6)) ?

The value of cos^2(2(pi/6)) is 1/4

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cos^2(2(pi/6))

cos^{2} (2 (\frac{π}{6}))

\frac{1}{4}

Decimal Notation

0.25

Solution steps

cos^{2} (2 (\frac{π}{6}))

= cos^{2} (2 \cdot \frac{π}{6})

Rewrite using trig identities:

cos (2 \cdot \frac{π}{6}) = \frac{1}{2}

cos (2 \cdot \frac{π}{6})

Simplify:

2 \cdot \frac{π}{6} = \frac{π}{3}

2 \cdot \frac{π}{6}

Multiply fractions:

a \cdot \frac{b}{c} = \frac{a \cdot b}{c}

= \frac{π 2}{6}

Cancel the common factor:

2

= \frac{π}{3}

= cos (\frac{π}{3})

Use the following trivial identity:

cos (\frac{π}{3}) = \frac{1}{2}

cos (\frac{π}{3})

cos (x)

periodicity table with

2 πn

cycle:

x 0 \frac{π}{6} \frac{π}{4} \frac{π}{3} \frac{π}{2} \frac{2 π}{3} \frac{3 π}{4} \frac{5 π}{6} cos (x) 1 \frac{3}{2} \frac{2}{2} \frac{1}{2} 0 - \frac{1}{2} - \frac{2}{2} - \frac{3}{2} x π \frac{7 π}{6} \frac{5 π}{4} \frac{4 π}{3} \frac{3 π}{2} \frac{5 π}{3} \frac{7 π}{4} \frac{11 π}{6} cos (x) - 1 - \frac{3}{2} - \frac{2}{2} - \frac{1}{2} 0 \frac{1}{2} \frac{2}{2} \frac{3}{2}

= \frac{1}{2}

= \frac{1}{2}

= (\frac{1}{2})^{2}

Simplify

(\frac{1}{2})^{2} : \frac{1}{4}

(\frac{1}{2})^{2}

Apply exponent rule:

(\frac{a}{b})^{c} = \frac{a ^{c}}{b ^{c}}

= \frac{1 ^{2}}{2 ^{2}}

Apply rule

1^{a} = 1

1^{2} = 1

= \frac{1}{2 ^{2}}

2^{2} = 4

= \frac{1}{4}

= \frac{1}{4}

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