# Sum and Difference Formulas

• Nov 3rd 2009, 02:07 PM
clay10
Sum and Difference Formulas
There's a problem in my textbook- find the sine,cosine,tangeant, for 105=60+45 (all angles)

I put in the sine of 105 in my calculator and got the same number when I entered the exact answer that I got: √6 +√2/4. The answer they want for the sine of 105 is √2/4(√3+1), and it's in the same format for 30 more questions and I can't figure out how to put it in a different(and more complicated) form. Can someone show me how to convert my answer into the book's answer?
• Nov 3rd 2009, 02:25 PM
skeeter
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Originally Posted by clay10
There's a problem in my textbook- find the sine,cosine,tangeant, for 105=60+45 (all angles)

I put in the sine of 105 in my calculator and got the same number when I entered the exact answer that I got: √6 +√2/4. The answer they want for the sine of 105 is √2/4(√3+1), and it's in the same format for 30 more questions and I can't figure out how to put it in a different(and more complicated) form. Can someone show me how to convert my answer into the book's answer?

factor out $\sqrt{2}$ from the two terms in the numerator ...

$\frac{\sqrt{6} + \sqrt{2}}{4} = \frac{\sqrt{2}(\sqrt{3} + 1)}{4}$

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