SOLUTION: Find the exact values using double angle formulas: a) cos 112.5 degrees b) tan 22.5 degrees

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Question 544713: Find the exact values using double angle formulas:
a) cos 112.5 degrees
b) tan 22.5 degrees

Answer by lwsshak3(11628) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the exact values using double angle formulas:
a) cos 112.5 degrees
b) tan 22.5 degrees
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I think you meant using half-angle formulas:
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a) cos 112.5º= cos (225/2)º=-√[(1+cos 225º)/2)]
1+cos 225º=1-√2/2=(2-√2)/2
(1+cos 225º)/2)=(2-√2)/4
-√[(1+cos 225º)/2)]=-√(2-√2)/2
cos 112.5º=-√(2-√2)/2
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b) tan22.5º=tan (45/2)º=(sin 45º)/(1+cos 45º)=√2/2/(1+√2/2)
tan 22.5º=√2/(2+√2)