Evaluate $50(\cos 39^{\circ}\cos21^{\circ}+\cos129^{\circ}\cos69^{\circ})$
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rajai7
03.06.2014 14:15
50(cos39cos21+cos129cos69) =50{cos39cos21+cos(90+39)cos(90-21)} =50(cos39cos21-sin39sin21) =50cos(39+21) =50cos60 =25
DIffCALCFTW
23.06.2016 04:11
$$50(\cos 39^{\circ}\cos21^{\circ}+\cos129^{\circ}\cos69^{\circ})$$is equivalent to $$25(\cos 18^{\circ}+2\cos 60^{\circ}-\cos 18^{\circ})$$which can be further simplified to $$50\cos60^{\circ}$$therefore our answer is $25$.
katzrockso
23.06.2016 08:25
How does $\cos39\cos 21+\cos 120\cos 69\implies$ the next step?
Math1331Math
23.06.2016 17:09
@ above when I first saw this question we note that it looks very similar to $cos(a+b)$ or $cos(a-b)$ after that we take the necessary to steps to transform it. I also noted that $39+21=60$ which is friendly, thus it was intuitive to continue from that poitn