Q61 / 160 · AP EAMCET 2019 (21 Apr Shift 1) · Mathematics

$\begin{aligned} & \sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{2 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{4 \pi}{8} \\ & +\sin ^4 \frac{5 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{6 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{7 \pi}{8}=\end{aligned}$

  • A
    $\frac{3}{2}$
  • B
    $\frac{5}{2}$
  • Correct answer
    C
    3
  • D
    $\frac{7}{2}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{2 \pi}{8}+ & \sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{4 \pi}{8} \\ & +\sin ^4 \frac{5 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{6 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{7 \pi}{8}\end{aligned}$ $\begin{aligned} & =\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{5 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{7 \pi}{8}\right] \\ & +\left[\sin ^4 \frac{2 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{4 \pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{6 \pi}{8}\right] \\ & =\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\cos ^4\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{5 \pi}{8}\right)\right. \\ & \left.+\cos ^4\left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\frac{7 \pi}{8}\right)\right]+\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{4}+\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{2}+\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{4}\right] \\ & =\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\cos ^4\left(-\frac{\pi}{8}\right)+\cos ^4\left(\frac{-3 \pi}{8}\right)\right] \\ & +\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{4}+\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{2}+\sin ^4\left(\frac{\pi}{2}+\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\right] \\ & =\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\cos ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\cos ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}\right] \\ & +\left[\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{4}+\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{2}+\cos ^4 \frac{\pi}{4}\right] \\ & =\left[\left(\sin ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}+\cos ^4 \frac{\pi}{8}\right)+\left(\sin ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}+\cos ^4 \frac{3 \pi}{8}\right)\right] \\ & +\left[\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^4+(1)^4+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)^4\right] \\ & =\left[\left(1-2 \sin ^2 \frac{\pi}{8} \cos ^2 \frac{\pi}{8}\right)+\left(1-2 \sin ^2 \frac{3 \pi}{8} \cos ^2 \frac{3 \pi}{8}\right)\right] \\ & +\left[\frac{1}{4}+1+\frac{1}{4}\right] \\ & =\left[2-\frac{1}{2} 4 \sin ^2 \frac{\pi}{8} \cos ^2 \frac{\pi}{8}-\frac{1}{2} 4 \sin ^2 \frac{3 \pi}{8} \cos ^2 \frac{3 \pi}{8}\right]+\left[\frac{1}{2}+1\right] \\ & =\left[2-\frac{1}{2}\left(\sin ^2 \frac{\pi}{4}\right)-\frac{1}{2}\left(\sin ^2 \frac{3 \pi}{4}\right)\right]+\frac{3}{2} \\ & \end{aligned}$ $=2-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)-\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)+\frac{3}{2}=2-\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{4}+\frac{3}{2}=3$

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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