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If cos2π3cosπ+cos4π3cos5π3+cos2πcos7π3+....+cos40π3cos41π3=k, then the value of |6k| is

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Given, k=cos2π3cos(2π3+π3)+cos(2π3+2.π3)cos(2π3+3π3)+....cos(2π3+39.π3)
=cos2π3+cos(2π3+π+π3)+cos(2π3+2(π+π3))+....+cos(2π3+39(π+π3))
α=2π3,β=4π3 and n=40
k=sin(402.4π3)[cos(2π3+392.4π3)]sin(4π6)
=sin(80π3)cos(80π3)sin(2π3)=sin(160π3)2sin(2π3)=sin(53π+π3)2sin(2π3)=12
|6k|=6.(12)=3

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