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ASHISHKDEV
Aug 22, 2012, 09:18 AM
if sinA+sin2A=1 THEN EVALUATE cos12A+3cos10A+3cos8A+cos6A+2cos4A+2cos2A-2

ebaines
Aug 22, 2012, 09:33 AM
You can find one answer for this pretty easily if you first think about what angle 'a' must be for sin(a) + sin(2a) = 1. Then substitute that value for 'a' into the second equation. But there is a second answer that is a bit more difficult to determine - I can come up with a numerical approximation for this second answer but as yet haven't figured out a "nice" way to get a closed form solution.