Trigonometry Examples

$\sin (\frac{7 π}{12})$

Step 1

First, split the angle into two angles where the values of the six trigonometric functions are known. In this case, $\frac{7 π}{12}$ can be split into $\frac{π}{4} + \frac{π}{3}$ .

$\sin (\frac{π}{4} + \frac{π}{3})$

Step 2

Use the sum formula for sine to simplify the expression. The formula states that $\sin (A + B) = \sin (A) \cos (B) + \cos (A) \sin (B)$ .

$\sin (\frac{π}{4}) \cos (\frac{π}{3}) + \cos (\frac{π}{4}) \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 3

Remove parentheses.

$\sin (\frac{π}{4}) \cos (\frac{π}{3}) + \cos (\frac{π}{4}) \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 4

Simplify each term.

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Step 4.1

The exact value of $\sin (\frac{π}{4})$ is $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cos (\frac{π}{3}) + \cos (\frac{π}{4}) \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 4.2

The exact value of $\cos (\frac{π}{3})$ is $\frac{1}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2} + \cos (\frac{π}{4}) \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 4.3

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{1}{2}$ .

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Step 4.3.1

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ by $\frac{1}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2 \cdot 2} + \cos (\frac{π}{4}) \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 4.3.2

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \cos (\frac{π}{4}) \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 4.4

The exact value of $\cos (\frac{π}{4})$ is $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \sin (\frac{π}{3})$

Step 4.5

The exact value of $\sin (\frac{π}{3})$ is $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$

Step 4.6

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ .

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Step 4.6.1

Multiply $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{2} \sqrt{3}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 4.6.2

Combine using the product rule for radicals.

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{2 \cdot 3}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 4.6.3

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{6}}{2 \cdot 2}$

Step 4.6.4

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{6}}{4}$

Step 5

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{6}}{4}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\frac{\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{6}}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$0.96592582 \dots$