Answer
$ \frac{\sqrt {2+\sqrt 2}}{2}$
Work Step by Step
$sin\frac{5\pi}{8}=sin\frac{5\pi/4}{2}=\sqrt {\frac{1-cos5\pi/4}{2}}
==\sqrt {\frac{1+\sqrt 2/2}{2}}=\frac{\sqrt {2+\sqrt 2}}{2}$
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