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Grade 10Trigonometry

can we say that tan pi/8=sinpi/8//cospi/8

Profile image of ash jai
11 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Kaustubh Nayyar
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer11 Years ago
yes , why not
why do you think that it may not be so??
Profile image of ash jai
11 Years ago
how can we furthur solve using this method and find the value ?actually my teacher in scool told that this is wrong when i wrote it in exam?
Profile image of Kaustubh Nayyar
11 Years ago
tan pi/2 = (tan pi/4 + tan pi/4)/ (1 – tan                     pi/4.tan pi/4)
this is considered as not defined
also sin pi/2 / cos pi/2 is considered not defined 
any trignometric ratio with denomitor zero is considered as not defined rest we can apply anywhere (in your case too)