Trigonometric Identities Question 67

Question: $ \sin 163^{o}\cos 347^{o}+\sin 73^{o}\sin 167^{o}= $

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Options:

A) 0

B) 1/2

C) 1

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ \sin 163^{o}\cos 347^{o}+\sin 73^{o}\sin 167^{o} $ $ =\sin (180^{o}-17^{o})\cos (360^{o}-13^{o})+\cos (90^{o}-17^{o}) $ $ \sin (180^{o}-13^{o}) $ $ =\sin 17^{o}\cos 13^{o}+\cos 17^{o}\sin 13^{o}=\sin 30^{o}=1/2 $ .