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What is the value of cos(150°)?

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Given that cos(150°).


\cos (150^o)=\cos (180^o-30^o)
\text{Use }\cos (180^o-30^o)=-\cos 30^o


\cos (150^o)=-\cos (30^o)
\text{Use }\cos (30^o)=\frac{\sqrt[]{3}}{2}\text{.}


\cos (150^o)=-\frac{\sqrt[]{3}}{2}

Hence the required value is


\cos (150^o)=-\frac{\sqrt[]{3}}{2}

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