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

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    \[\cos \frac{2\pi }{15}\cos \frac{4\pi }{15}\cos \frac{8\pi }{15}\cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] = [IIT 1985]

    A) 1/2

    B) 1/4

    C) 1/8

    D) 1/16

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    \[\cos \frac{2\pi }{15}\cos \frac{4\pi }{15}\cos \frac{8\pi }{15}\cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] \[=\frac{\sin \,{{2}^{4}}\frac{2\pi }{15}}{{{2}^{4}}\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}=\frac{\sin \,\frac{32\pi }{15}}{16\,\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}=\frac{1}{16}\frac{\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}{\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}=\frac{1}{16}\].


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