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Can anyone think of some more

"difficult" trigonometric
equations? Looking for
olympiad/contest style problems.
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As the title explains, I am looking to find

some more difficult trigonometric
0 equations from past olympiads or
contests. A common one is
2π
tan 2x tan(2x + π
3
) tan(2x + 3
), so
–
= √3
if anyone could find some interesting
ones for me to have a go at with a similar
level of difficulty, I'd appreciate it.

trigonometry reference-request

contest-math

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edited Mar 4, 2017 at 18:07

pjs36
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asked Mar 4, 2017 at 17:55

wrb98
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try it on Mathlinks.ro
– Dr. Sonnhard Graubner Mar 4, 2017
at 17:57

Find sin 150 . Possibly there is a diagram

of triangles accompanying the question.
– Behnam Esmayli Mar 4, 2017 at 18:06

Look at Advanced Trigonometry by

Clement Vavasor Durell and Alan
Robson, and A Treatise on Plane and
Advanced Trigonometry by Ernest
William Hobson. – Dave L. Renfro Mar
6, 2017 at 14:54

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find the roots of

x6 + x5 − 5x4 − 4x3 + 6x2 + 3x − 1

1
Not obvious about the trigonometry. I
wrote up an answer, anyone who wishes
to see that email me and ask for my
problem_2171819.pdf

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edited Mar 4, 2017 at 22:38

answered Mar 4, 2017 at 18:28

Will Jagy
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Uh ... all the roots have residue 2 mod 13.

And numbers of the formcos(2kπ/13)
have residue 1 ... . – Oscar Lanzi Jan 6
at 3:08

@OscarLanzi right, page 12 in Reuschle

archive.org/details/tafelncomplexer00un
kngoog/page/12/mode/2up – Will Jagy
Jan 6 at 3:43

I would try setting x = 2 cos θ (the 2

comes from the modulo 13 residues of the
roots) and then using this method, with
sin θ as the multiplier. (You might have
guessed I know the answer.)
– Oscar Lanzi Jan 6 at 12:19

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Many readers know that the sine of 18°

–
or π/10 radians is (√5 − 1)/4 . But
–
1 given only the number (√5 − 1)/4 , find
its inverse sine without having
memorized the trigonometric fact. You
may use the fact that the answer θ
satisfies 4 sin2 θ + 2 sin θ − 1 = 0 ,
from the quadratic equation for
–
(√5 − 1)/4 . Either degrees or radians
is accepted as units for the answer.

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edited Jan 6 at 1:05

answered Jan 6 at 0:27

Oscar Lanzi
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I googled "math olympiad trigonometry"

and came up with the following:
0
here: tan2 20 + tan2 40 + tan2 80 = 33

here: A + B + C is an integral multiple

of π. x, y, and z are real numbers. If
x sin(A) + y sin(B) + z sin(C) ,
= x2 sin(2A) + y 2 sin(2B) + z 2 sin
(2C) = 0
show that
xn sin(nA) + y n sin(nB) + z n sin for
(nC) = 0
any positive integer n .

Plus two more from same site.

Here is one from math stack exchange:

Help me solve this olympiad challenge?

And so forth.

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answered Mar 4, 2017 at 18:26

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1.

Let α, β, γ be the angles between the

0
horizontal for the figure below.

Find α + β + γ

2. Find
sin2 1∘ + sin2 2∘ + ⋯ + sin2 90∘
3. Show that
sin 1∘ + sin 2∘ + ⋯ + sin 90∘
90.5∘
= sin 0.5+sin
2 sin 0.5∘

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answered Jan 6 at 2:30

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