SOLUTION: Find the value of (cos248° + sin158°)/(cos292° + sin202°) leaving your answer in terms of a, given that sin22° = a.

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Question 1132132: Find the value of (cos248° + sin158°)/(cos292° + sin202°) leaving your answer in terms of a, given that sin22° = a.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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The value is undefined because the denominator is zero.



So the denominator is

cos%28292%29%2Bsin%28202%29+=+-sin%28202%29%2Bsin%28202%29+=+0

Note also that



and



And so the entire expression, unsimplified, is

%28-a%2Ba%29%2F%28a-a%29