Prove that?

sin 10*sin 30*sin 50*sin 70=1/16

2 Answers
Feb 17, 2018

See steps below...

Explanation:

Given: " " Sin 10*Sin 30*Sin*50*sin 70

Put \ \ \ Sin30=1/2

=\ (1/ 2) Sin 10 * Sin 50 * sin 70

Multiply and divide with 2Cos 10

=\ \frac{2\ Cos10\cdot Sin10\cdot Sin\ 50\cdot sin\ 70}{2\cdot 2Cos10}

Apply the double angle formula \ \ 2Sin\ x\ Cos\ x\ =\ Sin\ 2x\

=\ \frac{Sin(2*10)\cdot Sin\ 50\cdot sin\ 70}{4Cos10}

=\ \frac{Sin\ 20\cdot Sin\ 50\cdot sin\ 70}{4Cos10}

Rewrite \ \ \ sin(70)=sin(90-20)=cos(20) \ \ \ because \ \ \ sin(\pi/2-x)=cos(x)

=\ \frac{Sin\ 20\cdot Cos\ 20\cdot sin\ 50}{4Cos10}

Multiply and divide by 2 and apply the double angle formula again:

=\ \frac{2\cdot Sin\ 20\cdot Cos\ 20\cdot sin\ 50}{2\cdot 4Cos10}

=\ \frac{Sin\ 40\cdot sin\ 50}{8Cos10}

Repeat the same steps, \ \ \ sin(50)=sin(90-40)=cos(40)

=\ \frac{2\cdot Sin\ 40\cdot cos\ 40}{2\cdot 8Cos10}

=\ \frac{Sin\ 80}{16Cos10}

Apply \ \ \ cos(10)=cos(90-80)=sin(80) \ \ \ because \ \ \ cos(\pi/2-x)=sin(x)

=\ \frac{Sin\ 80}{16sin\ 80}

Cancel out sin\ 80

=1/16

That's it!

Feb 17, 2018

LHS=sin 10*sin 30*sin 50*sin 70

=sin(90-80)1/2sin(90- 40)*sin(90-20)

=1/(4sin20)cos80cos40(2sin20cos20)

=1/(8sin20)cos80(2cos40sin40)

=1/(16 sin20)(2cos80sin80)

=1/(16 sin20)sin(180-20)

=1/(16 sin20)sin20

=1/16=RHS