Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 7 - Review - Exercises - Page 579: 58

Answer

$\sqrt {\frac{2-\sqrt 2}{2}}$

Work Step by Step

Use the Sum to Product Formula, we have $cos67.5^{\circ}+cos22.5^{\circ}=2cos\frac{67.5^{\circ}+22.5^{\circ}}{2}cos\frac{67.5^{\circ}-22.5^{\circ}}{2} =2cos\frac{90^{\circ}}{2}cos\frac{45^{\circ}}{2}=\sqrt 2cos\frac{45^{\circ}}{2}$ Use the Half-Angle Fomula, we get $cos\frac{45^{\circ}}{2}=\sqrt {\frac{1-cos45^{\circ}}{2}} =\sqrt {\frac{1-\frac{\sqrt 2}{2}}{2}}=\sqrt {\frac{2-\sqrt 2}{4}}$ Thus $cos67.5^{\circ}+cos22.5^{\circ}=\sqrt 2\sqrt {\frac{2-\sqrt 2}{4}}=\sqrt {\frac{2-\sqrt 2}{2}}$
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