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Trigonometry
Trigonometric Ratio and Identites
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The value of cosπ22.cosπ23.....cosπ210.sinπ210\cos {\pi \over {{2^2}}}.\cos {\pi \over {{2^3}}}\,.....\cos {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}.\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}} is -

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Given cosπ22.cosπ23.....cosπ210.sinπ210\cos {\pi \over {{2^2}}}.\cos {\pi \over {{2^3}}}\,.....\cos {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}.\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}} Let π210=θ{\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}\, = \,\theta \therefore π29=2θ{\pi \over {{2^9}}}\, = \,2\theta π28=22θ{\pi \over {{2^8}}}\, = \,{2^2}\theta π27=23θ{\pi \over {{2^7}}}\, = \,{2^3}\theta . . π22=28θ{\pi \over {{2^2}}}\, = \,{2^8}\theta So given term becomes, \cos {2^8}\theta .\cos {2^7}\theta .....\cos \theta $$$$.\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}} = (cosθ.cos2θ......cos28θ)sinπ210(\cos \theta .\cos 2\theta ......\cos {2^8}\theta )\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}} = sin29θ29sinθ.sinπ210{{\sin {2^9}\theta } \over {{2^9}\sin \theta }}.\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}} = sin29(π210)29sinπ210.sinπ210{{\sin {2^9}\left( {{\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}} \right)} \over {{2^9}\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}}}}.\sin {\pi \over {{2^{10}}}} = sin(π2)29{{\sin \left( {{\pi \over 2}} \right)} \over {{2^9}}} = 129{1 \over {{2^9}}} = 1512{1 \over {512}} Note : (cosθ.cos2θ......cos2n1θ)(\cos \theta .\cos 2\theta ......\cos {2^{n - 1}}\theta ) = sin2nθ2nsinθ{{\sin {2^n}\theta } \over {{2^n}\sin \theta }}

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