Troubling Trigono

Geometry Level 3

Given that

sin θ + sin 2 θ + sin 3 θ = 1 , \sin \theta + \sin^2 \theta + \sin^3 \theta = 1,

find the value of

cos 6 θ 4 cos 4 θ + 8 cos 2 θ \cos^6 \theta - 4 \cos^4 \theta + 8 \cos ^2 \theta

Please share your solution. I am really confused about this problem.


The answer is 4.

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2 solutions

Karthik Kannan
Jul 6, 2014

The given relation is:

sin θ + sin 2 θ + sin 3 θ = 1 \sin \theta+\sin^{2} \theta+\sin^{3} \theta=1

sin θ + sin 3 θ = cos 2 θ \therefore \sin \theta+\sin^{3} \theta=\cos^{2} \theta

Squaring both sides:

sin 2 θ + sin 6 θ + 2 sin 4 θ = cos 4 θ \sin^{2} \theta+\sin^{6} \theta+2\sin^{4} \theta=\cos^{4} \theta

Replacing sin 2 θ \sin^{2} \theta by 1 cos 2 θ 1-\cos^{2} \theta :

( 1 cos 2 θ ) + ( 1 cos 2 θ ) 3 + 2 ( 1 cos 2 θ ) 2 = cos 4 θ (1-\cos^{2} \theta)+(1-\cos^{2} \theta)^{3}+2(1-\cos^{2} \theta)^{2}=\cos^{4} \theta

Now just expanding and rearranging we get:

cos 6 θ 4 cos 4 θ + 8 cos 2 θ = 4 \cos^{6} \theta-4\cos^{4} \theta+8\cos^{2} \theta=4

this is a good solution , really.

pulkit gopalani - 6 years, 10 months ago

Thanks a lot

Louis Fernandez - 6 years, 11 months ago

What I did is that I let sin theta be equal to x, hence we have an equation in the degree 3.. I get the root and since only one root is real (the rest are imaginary), i get the arc sin of the real root.. substituting it to the question, i got 4..

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