JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Trigonometric Identities Question Bank Trigonometrical ratios of sum and difference of two and three angles

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    \[\cos \frac{\pi }{5}\cos \frac{2\pi }{5}\cos \frac{4\pi }{5}\cos \frac{8\pi }{5}=\]

    A) 1/16

    B) 0

    C) - 1/8

    D) -1/16

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\cos \frac{\pi }{5}\cos \frac{2\pi }{5}\cos \frac{4\pi }{5}\cos \frac{8\pi }{5}\] \[=\frac{\sin \frac{{{2}^{4}}\pi }{5}}{{{2}^{4}}\sin \frac{\pi }{5}}=\frac{\sin \frac{16\pi }{5}}{16\,\sin \frac{\pi }{5}}=\frac{\sin \,\left( 3\pi +\frac{\pi }{5} \right)}{16\,\sin \frac{\pi }{5}}\] \[=\frac{-\sin \frac{\pi }{5}}{16\,\sin \frac{\pi }{5}}=-\frac{1}{16}\].


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