ex) sin 150 degrees=sin(45^o +60^o) = sin 45^o cos 60^o + cos 45^o sin 60^o = the square root of 2/2 * 1/2+ square root of 2/2 * the square root of 3/2 = (the square root of 2 + the square root of 6)/ 4
hmmm did me word my question wrong?
The angles that you can find are (In first Quadrant),
Using half-angles on 30,60 we can also find,
Using Sum on 15 and 60 we can also find,
Now can we use a linear combination of these to express 20?
No, because these a multiples of 15 and 20 is not.
So, you need a different approach.
One way is to use the 1/3 angle formula.
But I do not think the problem asks that.
I think you got a wrong problem.
We need to find all the values of that satisfy this equation.
Divide through by 4,
Similarly, we can do the 1/5 angle formula.
But that leads to a quintic which is not solvable by the premutation group of radicals. Which answers the question to why there is no through radicals in this thread.
Basically, not being able to express the unit angle through radicals is the same problem as not being able to construct some things through "Euclidean toys" (compass and straightedge).