Just for fun!-VIII

Geometry Level 1

tan 1 tan 2 tan 3 tan 4 tan 5 tan 8 9 = ? \large \tan1^\circ\tan2^\circ\tan3^\circ\tan4^\circ\tan5^\circ\cdots\tan89^\circ=\ ?


The answer is 1.

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4 solutions

Surya Prakash
Aug 18, 2015

Since, tan k o × tan ( 90 k ) o = tan k o × cot k o = 1 \tan k^{o} \times \tan (90-k)^{o} = \tan k^{o} \times \cot k^{o} =1

So, tan 1 o tan 2 o tan 8 9 o = ( 1 × 1 × ’44’ times 1 ) × tan 4 5 o \tan 1^{o} \tan 2^{o} \ldots \tan 89^{o} = (1 \times 1 \times \ldots \text{'44' times} \ldots 1) \times \tan 45^{o}

But, tan 4 5 o = 1 \tan 45^{o} = 1 . So,

tan 1 o tan 2 o tan 8 9 o = 1 \tan 1^{o} \tan 2^{o} \ldots \tan 89^{o} =\boxed{1}

Moderator note:

Simple standard approach.

Method 1: t a n 1 ° t a n 2 ° t a n 3 ° t a n 4 ° t a n 5 ° . . . t a n 89 ° o r t a n ( 90 89 ) ° . t a n ( 90 88 ) ° . . . . t a n 45 ° . . . . t a n 88 ° . t a n 89 ° o r c o t 89 ° . c o t 88 ° . . . . . t a n 45 ° . . . . t a n 88 ° . t a n 89 ° N o w , t a n θ × c o t θ = 1 ( 1.1.1.....44 t i m e s ) × t a n 45 ° o r t a n 45 ° = 1 tan1°tan2°tan3°tan4°tan5°...tan89°\\ or\\ tan(90-89)°.tan(90-88)°....tan45°....tan88°.tan89°\\ or\\ cot89°.cot88°.....tan45°....tan88°.tan89°\\ \\ Now,\quad tan\theta \times cot\theta =1\\ \\ \Rightarrow \quad (1.1.1.....44times)\times tan45°\\ or\quad tan45°\quad =\quad 1

Method 2: t a n 1 ° t a n 2 ° t a n 3 ° t a n 4 ° t a n 5 ° . . . t a n 89 ° o r s i n 1 ° s i n 2 ° s i n 3 ° . . . . s i n 89 ° c o s 1 ° c o s 2 ° c o s 3 ° . . . . c o s 89 ° o r c o s 89 ° c o s 88 ° c o s 87 ° . . . . c o s 3 ° c o s 2 ° c o s 1 ° c o s 1 ° c o s 2 ° c o s 3 ° . . . . c o s 89 ° S i n c e e v e r y t e r m g e t s c a n c e l l e d o u t , s o t h e a n s w e r i s 1 tan1°tan2°tan3°tan4°tan5°...tan89°\\ or\\ \frac { sin1°sin2°sin3°....sin89° }{ cos1°cos2°cos3°....cos89° } \\ or\\ \frac { cos89°cos88°cos87°....cos3°cos2°cos1° }{ cos1°cos2°cos3°....cos89° } \\ Since\quad every\quad term\quad gets\quad cancelled\quad out,\\ so\quad the\quad answer\quad is\quad \boxed { 1 }

Aparna Phadke
Jan 19, 2019

= sin1.sin2.sin3..........sin89/ cos1.cos2......cos89

Now, cos89/sin1 = 1, cos88/sin2 = 1 Similarly the whole division = 1

Sadasiva Panicker
Aug 22, 2015

(tan1 x tan89) x( tan2 xtan88)...............xtan45 = 1

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