The value of cos1° sin89° + cos2° sin88° + cos3° sin87° + …. + cos89° sin1°, is
Sin (90 – x) = cosx
sin 89° can be written as sin 1° and all the rest can be written in the same way
⇒ cos2(1) + cos2(2) +?+ cos2(89) can be grouped as
⇒ cos2(1) + cos2(90 − 1) + cos2(2) + cos2(90 − 2) +?+ cos2(44) + cos2(90−44) + cos2(45)
⇒ (cos2(1) + sin2(1)) + (cos2(2) + sin2(2)) +?+ (cos2(44) + sin2(44)) + cos2(45)
⇒ 44 + (1 / 2) = 44.5