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cos 1° + cos 2° + cos 3° + …. + cos 179° = ……. 

(a) 0 

(b) 1 

(c) -1 

(d) 89

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(a) 0

LHS = (cos 10 + cos 179°) + (cos 2° ÷ cos 178°) + ….. + cos(89° + cos 91°) + cos 90° 

cos 179° = cos (180° – 1) = – cos 1° 

cos 178° = cos(180° – 2) = – cos 2° 

So (cos 1°- cos 1°) + (cos 2° – cos 2°) + (cos 89° – cos 89°) + cos 90° 

= 0 + 0 …. + 0 + 0 = 0.

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