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Question
cos2 5° + cos2 10° + cos2 15° + .... + cos2 85° + cos2 90° is equal to ______.
Options
10
`19/2`
`9/2`
`17/2`
MCQ
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Solution
cos2 5° + cos2 10° + cos2 15° + .... + cos2 85° + cos2 90° is equal to `underlinebb(17/2)`.
Explanation:
We have, cos2 5° + cos2 10° + ... + cos2 85° + cos2 90°
= (cos2 5° + cos2 85°) + (cos2 10° + cos2 80°) + .... + cos2 45° + cos2 90° ...[∵ cos(90° – θ) = sin θ]
= `(cos^2 5^circ + sin^2 5^circ) + (cos^2 10^circ + sin^2 10^circ) + .... + (1/sqrt(2))^2 + 0`
= `(1 + 1 + ... + 8 "times") + 1/2`
= `8 + 1/2`
= `17/2`
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