cos(pi/5)cos((2pi)/5)cos((4pi)/5)cos((8pi)/5)

Solution

cos (\frac{π}{5}) cos (\frac{2 π}{5}) cos (\frac{4 π}{5}) cos (\frac{8 π}{5})

\frac{cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{4 π}{5} ) + cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ^{2} ( \frac{2 π}{5} )}{2}

Solution steps

cos (\frac{π}{5}) cos (\frac{2 π}{5}) cos (\frac{4 π}{5}) cos (\frac{8 π}{5})

Rewrite using trig identities:

\frac{cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) ( cos ( \frac{4 π}{5} ) + cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) )}{2}

= \frac{cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) ( cos ( \frac{4 π}{5} ) + cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) )}{2}

\frac{cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) ( cos ( \frac{4 π}{5} ) + cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) )}{2} = \frac{cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{4 π}{5} ) + cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ^{2} ( \frac{2 π}{5} )}{2}

= \frac{cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{2 π}{5} ) cos ( \frac{4 π}{5} ) + cos ( \frac{π}{5} ) cos ^{2} ( \frac{2 π}{5} )}{2}

8 \cdot sin (1375. 1^{\circ})

sin (\frac{π}{2} - 1)

7 sin (5 3^{\circ})

tan^{2} (2 7^{\circ})

arctan (\frac{36}{48})