What is the value of ( 1 − cos 6 9 ∘ 1 ) ( 1 + sin 2 1 ∘ 1 ) ( 1 − sin 6 9 ∘ 1 ) ( 1 + cos 2 1 ∘ 1 ) ?
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A clever pseudo-solution:
Note that there is nothing special about 2 1 and 6 9 except that they add up to 9 0 . Therefore, we conjecture that any two α , β that satisfy α + β = 9 0 will give the same answer.
Now let α = β = 4 5 . Substituting, we get ( 1 − 2 ) 2 ( 1 + 2 ) 2 = 1 and we are done.
i just figured out value would be positive ... then i made a guess :)
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Note that sin ( 6 9 ∘ ) = cos ( 2 1 ∘ )
simplifying we get :
( 1 − csc 2 ( 2 1 ∘ ) ) ( 1 − sec 2 ( 2 1 ∘ ) )
We now make use of the identities:
csc 2 ( x ) − 1 = cot 2 ( x ) and sec 2 ( x ) − 1 = tan 2 ( x ) .
Simplifying,
= ( − 1 ) ( csc 2 ( 2 1 ∘ ) − 1 ) ( ( sec 2 ( 2 1 ∘ ) − 1 ) ( − 1 )
= ( tan 2 ( 2 1 ∘ ) ) ( cot 2 ( 2 1 ∘ ) )
= 1 .