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Geometry Level 3

1 cos ( A ) + 2 cos ( A ) cos ( 2 A ) \large \frac 1{\cos (A)} + \frac {2\cos(A)}{\cos(2A)}

What is the value of the expression above if A = π 7 A = \frac \pi7 ?

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
May 27, 2015

1 cos A + 2 cos A cos 2 A = cos 2 A + 2 cos 2 A cos A cos 2 A = cos 2 A + 2 cos 2 A 1 + 1 cos A ( 2 cos 2 A 1 ) = 2 cos 2 A + 1 2 cos 3 A cos A = 2 cos 2 A + 1 1 2 ( 4 cos 3 A 3 cos A ) + 3 2 cos A cos A = 2 cos 2 A + 1 1 2 cos 3 A + 1 2 cos A \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{\cos{A}} + \frac{2\cos{A}}{\cos{2A}} & = \frac {\cos{2A} + 2\cos^2{A}} {\cos{A}\cos{2A}} \\ & = \frac {\cos{2A} + 2\cos^2{A} - 1 + 1} {\cos{A}\left(2\cos^2{A}-1\right)} \\ & = \frac {2\cos{2A} + 1} {2\cos^3{A}-\cos{A}} \\ & = \frac {2\cos{2A} + 1} {\frac{1}{2}\left(4\cos^3{A}-3\cos{A}\right) + \frac{3}{2}\cos{A}-\cos{A}} \\ & = \frac {2\cos{2A} + 1} {\frac{1}{2}\cos{3A} + \frac{1}{2}\cos{A}} \end{aligned}

We know that:

cos π 7 + cos 3 π 7 + cos 5 π 7 = 1 2 cos π 7 + cos 3 π 7 cos 2 π 7 = 1 2 cos π 7 + cos 3 π 7 = cos 2 π 7 + 1 2 \begin{aligned} \cos{\frac{\pi}{7}} + \cos{\frac{3\pi}{7}} + \cos{\frac{5\pi}{7}} & = \frac{1}{2} \\ \cos{\frac{\pi}{7}} + \cos{\frac{3\pi}{7}} - \cos{\frac{2\pi}{7}} & = \frac{1}{2} \\ \cos{\frac{\pi}{7}} + \cos{\frac{3\pi}{7}} & = \cos{\frac{2\pi}{7}} + \frac{1}{2} \end{aligned}

Therefore,

1 cos π 7 + 2 cos π 7 cos 2 π 7 = 2 cos 2 π 7 + 1 1 2 cos 3 π 7 + 1 2 cos π 7 = 2 ( cos 2 π 7 + 1 2 ) 1 2 ( cos 3 π 7 + cos π 7 ) = 4 \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{\cos{\frac{\pi}{7}}} + \frac{2\cos{\frac{\pi}{7}}}{\cos{\frac{2\pi}{7}}} & = \frac {2\cos{\frac{2\pi}{7}} + 1} {\frac{1}{2}\cos{\frac{3\pi}{7}} + \frac{1}{2}\cos{\frac{\pi}{7}}} = \frac {2\left( \cos {\frac {2\pi} {7}} + \frac{1}{2}\right)} {\frac{1}{2} \left( \cos{\frac{3\pi}{7}} + \cos{\frac{\pi}{7}}\right)} = \boxed{4} \end{aligned}

Detailed & comprehensive solution Sir...Keep up the good work..!!! :)

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Rahul Singh - 6 years ago

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