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Explain why cos(-3π/4)=cos(5π/4).

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Explanation:

Because the cosine is a positive function from which we can deduce
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\la\la\la\la\ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddcleverdddddd\ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff\pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp\dddddd \displaystyle \Large \boldsymbol{Rule : cos(-\alpha)=cos\alpha } \\\\\\ \cos\bigg((-3\pi )/(4) \bigg)=cos135=-sin45=-(√(2) )/(2) \\\\\\cos\bigg((5\pi )/(4) \bigg)=cos225=-sin45=-(√(2) )/(2) Therefore, they are equal

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