$2\cos \left( {{{x + y} \over 2}} \right)\cos \left( {{{x - y} \over 2}} \right) - \left[ {2{{\cos }^2}\left( {{{x + y} \over 2}} \right) - 1} \right] = {3 \over 2}$ $2\cos \left( {{{x + y} \over 2}} \right)\left[ {\cos \left( {{{x - y} \over 2}} \right) - \cos \left( {{{x + y} \over 2}} \right)} \right] = {1 \over 2}$ $2\cos \left( {{{x + y} \over 2}} \right)\left[ {2\sin \left( {{x \over 2}} \right).\sin \left( {{y \over 2}} \right)} \right] = {1 \over 2}$ $\cos \left( {{{x + y} \over 2}} \right).\sin \left( {{x \over 2}} \right).\sin \left( {{y \over 2}} \right) = {1 \over 8}$ Possible when ${x \over 2} = 30^\circ$ & ${y \over 2} = 30^\circ$ $x = y = 60^\circ$ $\sin x + \cos y = {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2} + {1 \over 2} = {{\sqrt 3 + 1} \over 2}$