Math Is Fun Forum

  Discussion about math, puzzles, games and fun.   Useful symbols: ÷ × ½ √ ∞ ≠ ≤ ≥ ≈ ⇒ ± ∈ Δ θ ∴ ∑ ∫ • π ƒ -¹ ² ³ °

You are not logged in.

#1 2014-04-17 04:17:13

niharika_kumar
Member
From: Numeraland
Registered: 2013-02-12
Posts: 1,062

trigonometry

Prove that

Last edited by niharika_kumar (2014-04-17 04:17:45)


friendship is tan 90°.

Offline

#2 2014-04-17 07:58:11

Bob
Administrator
Registered: 2010-06-20
Posts: 10,052

Re: trigonometry

hi Niharika,

No one else is offering a method so here is one that will work.  It's not nice and 'slick' so hopefully someone else will jump in with a simpler method.

If you expand this you'll get the powers of 10 that you need (plus some unhelpful other powers of sin and cos)

But you can write all the cos^2 terms as (1 - sin^2) instead so the unhelpful terms will all become powers of sine.

Do the same for

Now use these formulas to construct the expression

It will come to 1 without all those powers of sine, so they must all cancel out.  Job done!  smile

Bob


Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob smile

Offline

#3 2014-04-17 14:22:20

Agnishom
Real Member
From: Riemann Sphere
Registered: 2011-01-29
Posts: 24,974
Website

Re: trigonometry

Those expressions are factorable...



Last edited by Agnishom (2014-04-17 14:30:42)


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

Offline

#4 2014-04-17 14:45:39

Agnishom
Real Member
From: Riemann Sphere
Registered: 2011-01-29
Posts: 24,974
Website

Re: trigonometry

Let cos^2 θ = y, sin^2 θ = x

We want to prove that 6(x^5 + y^5) - 15(x^4 + y^4) + 10(x^3 + y^3) - 1 = 0

Now, since cos^2 θ + sin^2 θ = 1, y=1-x

6(x^5 + y^5) = 6(x^5 + (1-x)^5) = 6 - 30 x + 60 x^2 - 60 x^3 + 30 x^4
-15(x^4 + y^4) = -15(x^4 + (1-x)^4) = -15 + 60 x - 90 x^2 + 60 x^3 - 30 x^4
10(x^3 + y^3) = 10(x^3 + (1-x)^3) = 10 - 30 x + 30 x^2

Adding up,

LHS = 6(x^5 + y^5) - 15(x^4 + y^4) + 10(x^3 + y^3) - 1 = 6 - 30 x + 60 x^2 - 60 x^3 + 30 x^4 -15 + 60 x - 90 x^2 + 60 x^3 - 30 x^4 + 10 - 30 x + 30 x^2 - 1 = 0 = RHS

##QED##

Sorry Niharka, we are still needing the binomial theorem. The above is very tedious to d by hand. I used a computer

Last edited by Agnishom (2014-04-17 14:58:45)


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

Offline

#5 2014-04-17 16:43:09

niharika_kumar
Member
From: Numeraland
Registered: 2013-02-12
Posts: 1,062

Re: trigonometry

let me go and do some problems on binomial theorem first.


friendship is tan 90°.

Offline

#6 2014-04-19 01:35:34

Agnishom
Real Member
From: Riemann Sphere
Registered: 2011-01-29
Posts: 24,974
Website

Re: trigonometry

Are you enjoying school?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

Offline

#7 2014-04-19 19:05:11

niharika_kumar
Member
From: Numeraland
Registered: 2013-02-12
Posts: 1,062

Re: trigonometry

school hasn't started yet.
It will start only after the results come.
what about you?


friendship is tan 90°.

Offline

#8 2014-04-20 05:01:53

Agnishom
Real Member
From: Riemann Sphere
Registered: 2011-01-29
Posts: 24,974
Website

Re: trigonometry

We will start this fridday.


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

Offline

#9 2014-04-20 15:40:04

niharika_kumar
Member
From: Numeraland
Registered: 2013-02-12
Posts: 1,062

Re: trigonometry

great.
you are choosing PCM, right?along with which subject?


friendship is tan 90°.

Offline

#10 2014-04-20 18:40:31

Agnishom
Real Member
From: Riemann Sphere
Registered: 2011-01-29
Posts: 24,974
Website

Re: trigonometry

Along with biology.

What about you? Computer Science?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

Offline

#11 2014-04-21 16:07:43

niharika_kumar
Member
From: Numeraland
Registered: 2013-02-12
Posts: 1,062

Re: trigonometry

my mother wanted me to take PCMB and become a doctor(as I also scored highest everytime in biology), but i am very sensitive to things , so I dropped the idea.
I was confused between Comp. sc., Economics and P.E., then a comp.sc. student told me that you can learn programming anytime anywhere, so why sit for exams for that as even a small silly error in writing programs can cost loosing good marks.
So now I am confused between Economics and P.E.?
What do you suggest?


friendship is tan 90°.

Offline

Board footer

Powered by FluxBB