Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2010

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    The value of\[\cos \frac{2\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{4\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{8}{15}\cdot \cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\]is equal to

    A) \[\frac{1}{16}\]                                

    B) \[\frac{1}{32}\]

    C) \[\frac{1}{64}\]                

    D)        \[\frac{1}{8}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[\cos \frac{2\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{4\pi }{15}\cos \frac{8\pi }{15}\cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] \[=\frac{1}{2\sin \frac{\pi }{15}}\cdot 2\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{2\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{4\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{8\pi }{15}\]\[\cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{1}{2\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}\cdot \sin \frac{4\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{4\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{8\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{1}{4\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}\cdot \sin \frac{8\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{8\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] \[=\frac{1}{8\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}\cdot \sin \frac{16\pi }{15}\cdot \cos \frac{16\pi }{15}\] \[=\frac{1}{16\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}.\sin \frac{32\pi }{15}\] \[=\frac{1}{16\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}\cdot \sin \left( 2\pi +\frac{2\pi }{15} \right)=\frac{1}{16\sin \frac{2\pi }{15}}\cdot \sin \frac{2\pi }{15}\] \[=\frac{1}{16}\]


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