Wednesday, 28 February 2018

trigonometry - Prove the following trigonometric identity without a calculator involved

I have to prove the following statement.





1+cos2π5+cos4π5+cos6π5+cos8π5=0




I have tried to use the sum of angles formula for cosine, but didn't get to a point where I'd be able to show that it is equal to 0.

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