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What is the value of 2cos²(105) − 1?

2 Answers

1 vote

Answer:

0.86602540

Explanation:

Apply the cosine double-angle identity.

cos

(

2

105

)

Multiply

2

by

105

.

cos

(

210

)

Apply the reference angle by finding the angle with equivalent trig values in the first quadrant. Make the expression negative because cosine is negative in the third quadrant.

cos

(

30

)

The exact value of

cos

(

30

)

is

3

2

.

3

2

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

3

2

Decimal Form:

0.86602540

User Ofir Luzon
by
5.8k points
3 votes

Answer:

-√3/2 is the exact form

User JohnRock
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6.1k points