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Old 04-05-2008, 05:25 PM
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Re: Help with Proof

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Originally Posted by God of Twilight View Post
Actually both sides are supposed to equal .809016994
This is true. That's the value I got.

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Eldin, could you give examples of other problems that need to be solved in the same way, and show how you solved them?
This is an extra credit problem. It is far more advanced then any of the other problems I've done.

Basically, we've used the pythagorean identity (sin 2* + cos 2 = 1) and its variants, reciprocal identities, angle addition identities and so on. The class this is for is Trigonometry.

*Where 2 actually means squared.

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What if you change cos(pi/5) to cos36 degrees.
It doesn't matter if it is in radians or degrees.

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Will that work?
It technically works, but I don't think that's exactly what he's looking for.
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