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document.write( "Take Q = \"pi%2F24\".  Then  4Q = \"pi%2F6\"  and  tan(4Q) = \"tan%28pi%2F6%29\" = \"sqrt%283%29%2F3\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "According to the given identity, I have then\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"sqrt%283%29%2F3\" =   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"sqrt%283%29%2A%281-6%28tan%28Q%29%29%5E2%2B%28tan%28Q%29%29%5E4%29\" = \"3%2A%284tan%28Q%29-4%28tan%28Q%29%29%5E3%29\".    (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next, in (2), I will replace (tan(Q))^2  by x everywhere (at each appearance).\r\n" );
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document.write( "I will get then\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"sqrt%283%29%2A%281+-+6x+%2B+x%5E2%29\" = \"12%2Atan%28Q%29%2A%281-x%29\".    (3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now, for \"tan%28pi%2F24%29\"  there is the formula (the known expression)  \r\n" );
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document.write( "         \"tan%28pi%2F24%29\" = \"-2+-+sqrt%283%29+%2B+2%2Asqrt%282+%2B+sqrt%283%29%29\"  (see the link  https://brainly.in/question/9263846 )\r\n" );
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document.write( "and/or   \r\n" );
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document.write( "         \"tan%28pi%2F24%29\" = \"-2+%2B+sqrt%282%29+-+sqrt%283%29+%2B+sqrt%286%29\"  (see the link  https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TrigonometryAnglesPi24.html)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Replacing  \"tan%28pi%2F24%29\"  in  formula  (3)  by any of these constant expressions (they are equal (!)),\r\n" );
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document.write( "I get the polynomial of the degree 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "    \"sqrt%283%29%2A%281+-+6x+%2B+x%5E2%29\" = \"12c%281-x%29\",           (4)\r\n" );
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document.write( "whose two roots are  \"%28tan%28pi%2F24%29%29%5E2\"  and  \"%28tan%287pi%2F24%29%29%5E2\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to have the polynomial with the roots  \"%28cot%28pi%2F24%29%29%5E2\"  and  \"%28cot%287pi%2F24%29%29%5E2\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "simply replace x in the polynomial (4) by \"1%2Fx\"  and transform the obtained rational function to the form\r\n" );
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document.write( "of the ratio  \"P%28x%29%2FQ%28x%29\"  with polynomials  P(x) and Q(x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the polynomial  P(x)  will be the answer to the problem's question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Probably, it is more correctly in English to say \"a polynomial P(x)\", because every product of such a polynomial by a constant\r\n" );
document.write( "satisfies the problem's conditions, too.\r\n" );
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