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Geometry Level 3

E = sin 2 0 + sin 4 0 sin 8 0 \mathscr{E} = \dfrac{\sin 20^{\circ} + \sin 40^{\circ}}{\sin 80^{\circ}}

Find 1000 E \left \lfloor 1000 \mathscr{E} \right \rfloor


The answer is 1000.

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Using the identity 2 sin ( a ) cos ( b ) = sin ( a b ) + sin ( a + b ) 2\sin(a)\cos(b) = \sin(a - b) + \sin(a + b) with a = 3 0 a = 30^{\circ} and b = 1 0 b = 10^{\circ} we see that

sin ( 2 0 ) + sin ( 4 0 ) = sin ( 3 0 1 0 ) + sin ( 3 0 + 1 0 ) = 2 sin ( 3 0 ) cos ( 1 0 ) = cos ( 1 0 ) \sin(20^{\circ}) + \sin(40^{\circ}) = \sin(30^{\circ} - 10^{\circ}) + \sin(30^{\circ} + 10^{\circ}) = 2\sin(30^{\circ})\cos(10^{\circ}) = \cos(10^{\circ})

since sin ( 3 0 ) = 1 2 \sin(30^{\circ}) = \dfrac{1}{2} . But as cos ( θ ) = sin ( 9 0 θ ) \cos(\theta) = \sin(90^{\circ}- \theta) we know that cos ( 1 0 ) = sin ( 8 0 ) \cos(10^{\circ}) = \sin(80^{\circ}) , and so the given expression is E = 1 \mathscr{E} = 1 , giving us a desired answer of 1000 E = 1000 \lfloor 1000\mathscr{E} \rfloor = \boxed{1000} .

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