cos ( 1 5 2 π ) cos ( 1 5 4 π ) cos ( 1 5 8 π ) cos ( 1 5 1 4 π ) = B A
If A , B are co-prime integers , find B − A .
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Beautiful and out of box approach. Congratulations.
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Thanks! This technique can be used for some other problems involving product of cosines.
Liked the nice way you have solved. Congratulations.
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Let P = sin ( 1 5 2 π ) sin ( 1 5 4 π ) sin ( 1 5 8 π ) sin ( 1 5 1 4 π ) and Q = cos ( 1 5 2 π ) cos ( 1 5 4 π ) cos ( 1 5 8 π ) cos ( 1 5 1 4 π ) . Then 1 6 P Q = sin ( 1 5 4 π ) sin ( 1 5 8 π ) sin ( 1 5 1 6 π ) sin ( 1 5 2 8 π ) = P implies that Q = 1 6 1 .
Hence, A = 1 and B = 1 6 which means that B − A = 1 5 .