Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Q13/092) Prove 4 cos 36 sin 18 = 1



We have
sin 72 
= 2 cos 36 sin 36 using sin 2A formula
= 2 cos 36 ( 2 sin 18 cos 18) using sin 2A formula again
= 4 cos 36 sin 18 sin 72 as cos18 = sin(90-18) = sin 72
or

4 cos 36 sin 18 = 1

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Its not much clear to understand

kaliprasad said...

each step is explained clearly. which step is not clear to understand