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For the following exercise,

Find the exact value.

cos(7π12)\cos \left(\frac{7 \pi}{12}\right)

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In order to solve this, we could use the sum formula for cosine. First, we need to represent the given angle as the sum of two angles.

7π12=4π+3π12=4π12+3π12=π3+π4\dfrac{7\pi}{12}=\dfrac{4\pi+3\pi}{12}=\dfrac{4\pi}{12}+\dfrac{3\pi}{12}=\dfrac{\pi}{3}+\dfrac{\pi}{4}

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