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Calculate $$\frac{6 \sin(A) \sin (B) \cdot \sin (C)+\cos(A)\cdot \cos(B) \cdot \cos C)} { \cos(A+B) \cdot \cos(B+C) \cdot \cos(A+C)}$$ where $A+B+C=81$ and $\tan81=6$.

I have tried all of this question but it doesn’t work. Could you please give me some clue?

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First suppose $A=B=0,\, C=81^\circ.$ Substituting into the given formula gives $\sec(81^\circ)$, so apparently, this is what you have to prove. Now, I did some computer experiments, and if I leave $6$ in the formula, I don't get a constant value, but if I replace $6$ by $\tan(81^\circ)$ then I do. Therefore, it appears that what we have to prove is that $$ {\tan(A+B+C)\sin{A}\sin{B}\sin{C}+\cos{A}\cos{B}\cos{C}\over\cos(A+B)\cos(B+C)\cos(C+A)}={1\over\cos(A+B+C)}$$

Cross-multiply and use the addition formulas to see if you can verify this.

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Calculation with sympy confirms that the formula is true. Good luck.

P.S.

If you know some calculus, a rather easy way to do this is to note that we need to prove $$F(A,B,C)\equiv0,$$ where $$ F(A,B,C) = \sin(A+B+C)\sin{A}\sin{B}\sin{C}+\cos(A+B+C)\cos{B}\cos{C}-\\\cos(A+B)\cos(B+C)\cos(C+A)$$

It's straightforward to compute ${\partial F\over\partial A}=0,$ which means that the value doesn't depend on $A$, so we need only verify $F(A,B,C)=)$ for one value of $A$. This is trivial when we set $A=0.$ (If you aren't acquainted with partial derivatives yet, it just means we treat $B$ and $C$ as constants for the moment, and differentiate with respect to $A$.)