CCSS Honors 9.2 Example 4

A bicycle wheel has 24 evenly spaced spokes. Use two methods to find the exact value of [math]\cos \theta[/math], where [math]\theta[/math] is the angle between consecutive spokes. For the first method, use the half-angle identity for cosine. For the second, use the angle difference formula for cosine. What do you notice about the two resulting numerical expressions for [math]\cos \theta[/math]?

 

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Resource Type
Activity
Tags
angle  angle-difference  cos  cosine  exact-value  formula  half-angle  identity  theta 
Target Group (Age)
14 – 18
Language
English
 
 
 
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