How do you express cos( (5 pi)/4 ) * cos (( 5 pi) /3 ) cos(5π4)cos(5π3) without using products of trigonometric functions?

1 Answer
Feb 15, 2016

-sqrt2/424

Explanation:

cos ((5pi)/4) = cos (pi/4 + pi) = - cos pi/4 = -sqrt2/2cos(5π4)=cos(π4+π)=cosπ4=22
cos ((5pi)/3) = cos ((2pi)/3 + pi) = - cos ((2pi)/3) = 1/2cos(5π3)=cos(2π3+π)=cos(2π3)=12

Product cos((5pi)/4)cos ((5pi)/3) = -(sqrt2/2)(1/2) = -sqrt2/4cos(5π4)cos(5π3)=(22)(12)=24