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Prove that 

(i) sin (A – B) sin C + sin (B – C) sin A + sin(C – A) sin B = 0 

(ii) 2 cos\(\frac{\pi}{13}\) cos\(\frac{9\pi}{13}\) + cos\(\frac{3\pi}{13}\) + cos\(\frac{5\pi}{13}\) = 0

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(i) Consider sin (A – B) sin C 

= (sin A cos B – cos A sin B) sin C 

= sin A cos B sin C – cos A sin B sin C … (1) 

Similarly sin(B – C) sin A = sin B cos C sin A – cos B sin C sin A … (2) 

[Replace A by B, B by C, C by A in (1)] and sin(C – A) sin B [Replace A by B, B by C, C by A in (2)] 

= sin C cos A sin B – cos C sin A sin B … (3) 

Adding (1), (2) and (3) we get 

sin (A – B) sin C + sin (B – C) sin A + sin(C – A) sin B = 0

(ii) 2 cos\(\frac{\pi}{13}\) cos\(\frac{9\pi}{13}\) + cos\(\frac{3\pi}{13}\) + cos\(\frac{5\pi}{13}\) = 0

LHS = 2 cos\(\frac{\pi}{13}\) cos\(\frac{9\pi}{13}\) + cos\(\frac{3\pi}{13}\) + cos\(\frac{5\pi}{13}\) 

[∵ cos C + cos D = 2 cos(\(\frac{C+D}{2}\)) cos(\(\frac{C-D}{2}\))]

[∵ cos(-θ) = cos θ]

[take 2 cos \(\frac{\pi}{3}\) as commom]

Hence proved.

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