1 cos 6 9 \frac{1}{\cos 69^\circ}

Geometry Level 1

What is the value of ( 1 1 cos 6 9 ) ( 1 + 1 sin 2 1 ) ( 1 1 sin 6 9 ) ( 1 + 1 cos 2 1 ) ? \left(1-\frac{1}{\cos 69 ^\circ}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{\sin 21 ^\circ}\right)\left(1-\frac{1}{\sin 69 ^\circ}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{\cos 21 ^\circ}\right)?

-1 3 2 -\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} 3 2 \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} 1

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3 solutions

Vijay Raghavan
Feb 24, 2014

Note that sin ( 6 9 ) = cos ( 2 1 ) \sin(69 ^\circ) = \cos(21 ^\circ)

simplifying we get :

( 1 csc 2 ( 2 1 ) ) ( 1 sec 2 ( 2 1 ) ) (1- \csc ^2(21 ^\circ))(1-\sec^2(21 ^\circ))

We now make use of the identities:

csc 2 ( x ) 1 = cot 2 ( x ) \csc^2(x)-1= \cot ^2(x) and sec 2 ( x ) 1 = tan 2 ( x ) \sec^2(x)-1=\tan^2(x) .

Simplifying,

= ( 1 ) ( csc 2 ( 2 1 ) 1 ) ( ( sec 2 ( 2 1 ) 1 ) ( 1 ) = (-1)( \csc ^2(21 ^\circ)-1)((\sec^2(21 ^\circ)-1)(-1)

= ( tan 2 ( 2 1 ) ) ( cot 2 ( 2 1 ) ) = (\tan^2(21 ^\circ))(\cot^2(21 ^\circ))

= 1 . \large = \boxed{\boxed{\boxed{1}}}.

Daniel Liu
Feb 25, 2014

A clever pseudo-solution:

Note that there is nothing special about 21 21 and 69 69 except that they add up to 90 90 . Therefore, we conjecture that any two α , β \alpha , \beta that satisfy α + β = 90 \alpha+\beta=90 will give the same answer.

Now let α = β = 45 \alpha=\beta=45 . Substituting, we get ( 1 2 ) 2 ( 1 + 2 ) 2 = 1 (1-\sqrt{2})^2(1+\sqrt{2})^2=\boxed{1} and we are done.

Kuldeep Singla
Feb 21, 2014

i just figured out value would be positive ... then i made a guess :)

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