What is the sum of all positive integer values of that satisfy the equation
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sin ( n π ) cos ( n π ) cos ( n 2 π ) cos ( n 4 π ) cos ( n 8 π ) cos ( n 1 6 π ) = 3 2 1 sin ( n 3 2 π )
Therefore the equation can be written as :
sin ( n 3 2 π ) = sin ( n π )
or cos ( 2 n 3 3 π ) sin ( 2 n 3 1 π ) = 0
So 2 n 3 3 π = 2 π + π k or 2 n 3 1 π = π k . The first case yields n = 1 , 3 , 1 1 , 3 3 and the second case yields no solutions. n = 1 is clearly extraneous, so the answer is 4 7