Prove that cos^2A+cos^2(A+120)+cos^2(A-120)=3/2
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Posted by Himanshu Goyal 8 years ago
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Rashmi Bajpayee 8 years ago
cos22A+cos22(A+120∘)+cos22(A−120∘)=32
We know that
cos2A=1+cos2A2 ..............(i)
cos22(A+120∘)=1+cos(2A+240∘)2 ..............(ii)
And cos22(A−120∘)=1+cos(2A−240∘)2..............(iii)
Adding all these three equations,
cos22A+cos22(A+120∘)+cos22(A−120∘) = 32+1+cos2A2+1+cos(2A+240∘)2+1+cos(2A−240∘)2
= 3+1+cos2A+1+cos(2A+240∘)+1+cos(2A−240∘)2
= 3+3+cos2A+cos(2A+240∘)+cos(2A−240∘)2
= 3+3+cos2A+2cos2A.cos240∘2
= 3+3+cos2A−cos2A2
= 62
⇒ cos22A+cos22(A+120∘)+cos22(A−120∘)=32
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