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Grade 10Trigonometry

IF SinA1 + SinA2 + SinA3 = 1
then find the value of,
cosA1 + cosA2 +cosA3

Profile image of Arya
10 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Charchit Tailong
10 Years ago
Square both the sides and start manipulating.
Note. take sinA3 to RHS
Profile image of Udit Jauhari
7 Years ago
Sina1 + sina2 + sina3 = 3 
we know , 
sine maximum value= 1 
so, above expression is correct only when , sina1 = sina2 = sina3 = 1 
e.g a1 = a2 = a3 = 90° 
but we know , 
cos90° = 0
so, cosa1 = cosa2 = cosa3 = 0

hence,
cos a1+cos a2+cos a3=0