SOLUTION: find the exact value of cos5pi/12

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Question 175826: find the exact value of cos5pi/12
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First, expand to


Use the sum-difference identity


Evaluate the trig functions.


Multiply


Combine the fractions.

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