Friday, December 6, 2013

Verify whether sin75=(square root6+square root2)/4

We'll write 75 as a sum of 2
angles:


75 = 45 + 30


We'll
apply sine function both sides:


sin(75) =
sin(45+30)


We'll use the
identity:


sin(a+b) = sin a*cos b + sin b*cos
a


sin(45+30) = sin 45*cos 30 + sin 30*cos
45


sin(45+30) = (sqrt2/2)*(sqrt3/2) +
(1/2)*(sqrt2/2)


sin(45+30) = sqrt(2*3)/4 +
sqrt2/4


sin(45+30) =  (sqrt6 +
sqrt2)/4


We notice that we get the indicated
result, therefore the identity sin(75) = (sqrt6 + sqrt2)/4 is
verified.

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