Trigonometry! #147

Geometry Level 3

Find the numerical value of sin π 18 sin 5 π 18 sin 7 π 18 \sin\frac{\pi}{18}\sin\frac{5\pi}{18}\sin\frac{7\pi}{18} Enter the reciprocal of your answer.

This problem is part of the set Trigonometry .


The answer is 8.

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1 solution

Karthik Sridhar
Feb 25, 2015

We know that π = 18 0 \pi = 180^{\circ} From the given equation, after substituting π \pi with 18 0 180^{\circ} , we get

= sin 1 0 sin 5 0 sin 7 0 = \sin 10^{\circ}\sin50^{\circ}\sin70^{\circ}

sin 1 0 [ sin ( 6 0 1 0 ) sin ( 6 0 + 1 0 ) ] \sin10^{\circ}[\sin(60^{\circ}-10^{\circ}) \sin(60^{\circ}+10^{\circ})]

sin 1 0 [ sin 2 6 0 s i n 2 1 0 ] \sin10^{\circ}[ \sin^2 60^{\circ} - sin^2 10^{\circ}]

sin 1 0 [ 3 4 sin 2 1 0 ] \sin10^{\circ}[ \frac{3}{4} - \sin^2 10^{\circ}]

Taking 1 4 \frac{1}{4} common, we get

1 4 [ 3 sin 1 0 4 sin 3 1 0 ] \frac{1}{4}[ 3\sin10^{\circ} - 4\sin^3 10^{\circ}]

1 4 [ sin ( 3 × 1 0 ) ] \frac{1}{4}[ \sin(3\times10^{\circ})]

1 4 [ sin 3 0 ] \frac{1}{4}[\sin30^{\circ}]

1 4 × 1 2 \frac{1}{4}\times\frac{1}{2}

1 8 \frac{1}{8}

Hence, reciprocal= 8 8

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