Solution 4.3:1a

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If we draw the angle \displaystyle {\pi }/{5}\; on a unit circle, then it will have an \displaystyle x -coordinate that is equal to \displaystyle {\cos \pi }/{5}\; .

FIGURE 1 FIGURE 2 the line \displaystyle x={\cos \pi }/{5}\;x={\cos \pi }/{5}\;


In the figures, we see also that the only other angle between \displaystyle 0 and \displaystyle 2\pi which has the same cosine value, i.e. same \displaystyle x -coordinate, is the angle \displaystyle v=-\frac{\pi }{5}+2\pi =\frac{9\pi }{5} on the opposite side of the \displaystyle x -axis.