Monday, May 28, 2012

how to evaluate cos13pi/6 and sin37pi/4?

We'll calculate cos
13pi/6.


We notice that we can
write:


13pi/6 = pi/6 +
12pi/6


pi/6 + 12pi/6 = pi/6 +
2pi


We can substitute 2pi by 0, because 2pi and 0 are
overlapping.


So,


cos 13pi/6
= cos (2pi + pi/6)


cos (2pi + pi/6) = cos 
pi/6


cos 13pi/6 = cos  pi/6 =
sqrt3/2


We'll calculate sin
37pi/4.


We notice that we can
write:


37pi/4 = pi/4 +
36pi/4


pi/4 + 36pi/4 = pi/4 +
9pi


But 9pi = 4*2pi + pi


We'll
substitute 2pi by 0.


4*2pi = 4*0 =
0


cos 37pi/4 = cos (pi/4 +
pi)


cos (pi/4 + pi) = - cos
pi/4


cos 37pi/4 = - cos pi/4 = -
sqrt2/2

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