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Period of Trigonometric Ratios

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The value of
${cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{3 π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{5 π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{7 π}{16})$ is

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Solution

From given expression we can see that
$\frac{π}{16}, \frac{7 π}{16} and \frac{3 π}{16}, \frac{5 π}{16}$ are complementry angles

$∴ {cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{3 π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{5 π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{7 π}{16})$

$= [{cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{7 π}{16})] + [{cos}^{2} (\frac{3 π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{5 π}{16})]$

$= [{cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{2} - \frac{π}{16})] + [{cos}^{2} (\frac{3 π}{16}) + {cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{2} - \frac{3 π}{16})]$

$= [{cos}^{2} (\frac{π}{16}) + {sin}^{2} (\frac{π}{16})] + [{cos}^{2} (\frac{3 π}{16}) + {sin}^{2} (\frac{3 π}{16})]$
$= 1 + 1 = 2$

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