Quantitative Aptitude Ques 822
Question: The value of $ \cot \frac{\pi }{2}\cot \frac{3\pi }{20}\cot \frac{5\pi }{20}\cot \frac{7\pi }{20}\cot \frac{9\pi }{20} $
Options:
A) $ -1 $
B) $ \frac{1}{2} $
C) $ 0 $
D) $ 1 $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
- $ \cot \frac{\pi }{20}\cdot \cot \frac{3\pi }{20}\cdot \cot \frac{5\pi }{20}\cdot \cot \frac{7\pi }{20}\cot \frac{9\pi }{20}\cdot $
$ =\cot ( \frac{\pi }{2}-\frac{9\pi }{20} )\cot ( \frac{\pi }{2}-\frac{7\pi }{20} )\cot ( \frac{\pi }{4} )\cot \frac{7\pi }{20}\cot \frac{9\pi }{20} $
$ =\tan ( \frac{9\pi }{20} )\tan ( \frac{7\pi }{20} )\cot ( \frac{\pi }{4} )\cot ( \frac{7\pi }{20} )\cot ( \frac{9\pi }{20} ) $
$ =1.1.1=1 $ $ [ \because \cot \frac{\pi }{4}=1,and,cot\theta \cdot tan\theta =1 ] $