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"query": {
"display": "$$\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)+\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)$$",
"symbolab_question": "TRIG_EVALUATE#\\sin(15^{\\circ })\\cos(15^{\\circ })+\\cos(15^{\\circ })\\sin(15^{\\circ })"
},
"solution": {
"level": "PERFORMED",
"subject": "Trigonometry",
"topic": "Evaluate Functions",
"subTopic": "Simplified",
"default": "\\frac{\\sin(\\frac{π}{6})+2\\cos(\\frac{π}{12})\\sin(\\frac{π}{12})}{2}",
"decimal": "0.5",
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"steps": {
"type": "interim",
"title": "$$\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)+\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)=\\frac{\\sin\\left(30^{\\circ\\:}\\right)+2\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)}{2}$$",
"input": "\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)+\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)",
"steps": [
{
"type": "interim",
"title": "Rewrite using trig identities:$${\\quad}\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)=\\frac{\\sin\\left(30^{\\circ\\:}\\right)}{2}$$",
"input": "\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin\\left(30^{\\circ\\:}\\right)}{2}+\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)",
"steps": [
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Use the Double Angle identity: $$2\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)=\\sin\\left(2x\\right)$$",
"secondary": [
"$$\\sin\\left(x\\right)\\cos\\left(x\\right)=\\frac{\\sin\\left(2x\\right)}{2}$$"
],
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin\\left(2\\cdot\\:15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)}{2}"
},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin\\left(30^{\\circ\\:}\\right)}{2}"
}
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"interimType": "Trig Rewrite Using Trig identities Title 0Eq"
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},
{
"type": "step",
"primary": "Simplify",
"result": "=\\frac{\\sin\\left(30^{\\circ\\:}\\right)+2\\cos\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)\\sin\\left(15^{\\circ\\:}\\right)}{2}"
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"solvingClass": "Trig Evaluate",
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"practiceTopic": "Evaluate Functions"
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"showVerify": true
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Solution
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Solution steps
Rewrite using trig identities:
Use the Double Angle identity:
Simplify
Simplify
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What is the value of sin(15)cos(15)+cos(15)sin(15) ?
The value of sin(15)cos(15)+cos(15)sin(15) is (sin(pi/6)+2cos(pi/(12))sin(pi/(12)))/2