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Problem
The sum
![\[\sum_{x=2}^{44} 2\sin{x}\sin{1}[1 + \sec (x-1) \sec (x+1)]\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/1/5/a15e67aff38e80cc2fc3d8342336969de1100e11.png)
can be written in the form 
, where 
are trigonometric functions and 
are degrees ![$\in [0,45]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/c/a/0ca2266b4c86aaf1dfb58c795f59f20e52ca9974.png)
. Find 
.
Solution
By the product-to-sum identities, we know that 
, so 
:
&= \sum_{x=2}^{44} \cos(x-1) - \cos(x+1) + \frac{1}{\cos(x+1)} - \frac{1}{\cos(x-1)}\\ &=\sum_{x=2}^{44} \frac{\cos^2(x-1)-1}{\cos(x-1)} - \frac{\cos^2(x+1)-1}{\cos(x+1)}\\
&=\sum_{x=2}^{44} \left(\frac{\sin^2(x+1)}{\cos(x+1)}\right) - \left(\frac{\sin^2(x-1)}{\cos(x-1)}\right)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)This sum telescopes (in other words, when we expand the sum, all of the intermediate terms will cancel) to ![\[-\frac{\sin^2(1)}{\cos(1)} -\frac{\sin^2(2)}{\cos(2)} + \frac{\sin^2(44)}{\cos(44)} + \frac{\sin^2(45)}{\cos(45)}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/0/2/2028c473d3a94ea896811e9efeefe0cc8f912db2.png)
We now have the desired four terms. There are a couple of ways to express 
as primitive trigonometric functions; for example, if we move a 
to the denominator, we could express it as 
. Either way, we have 
, and the answer is 
.
See also
| Mock AIME 1 2007-2008 (Problems, Source) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 14 |
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