cos32°cos18°\cos32\degree\cos18\degreecos32°cos18° dapat ditulis menjadi ....
12(cos(14°)+cos(50°))\frac{1}{2}\left(\cos\left(14\degree\right)+\cos\left(50\degree\right)\right)21(cos(14°)+cos(50°))
12(cos(32°)+cos(18°))\frac{1}{2}\left(\cos\left(32\degree\right)+\cos\left(18\degree\right)\right)21(cos(32°)+cos(18°))
12(sin(14°)+sin(50°))\frac{1}{2}\left(\sin\left(14\degree\right)+\sin\left(50\degree\right)\right)21(sin(14°)+sin(50°))
12(sin(32°)+sin(18°))\frac{1}{2}\left(\sin\left(32\degree\right)+\sin\left(18\degree\right)\right)21(sin(32°)+sin(18°))
12(cos(32°)+sin(18°))\frac{1}{2}\left(\cos\left(32\degree\right)+\sin\left(18\degree\right)\right)21(cos(32°)+sin(18°))
Rumus umum perkalian cosinus adalah
cosαcosβ=12(cos(α−β)+cos(α+β))\cos\alpha\cos\beta=\frac{1}{2}\left(\cos\left(\alpha-\beta\right)+\cos\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\right)cosαcosβ=21(cos(α−β)+cos(α+β))
Dengan demikian,
cos32°cos18°=12(cos(32°−18°)+cos(32°+18°))\cos32\degree\cos18\degree=\frac{1}{2}\left(\cos\left(32\degree-18\degree\right)+\cos\left(32\degree+18\degree\right)\right)cos32°cos18°=21(cos(32°−18°)+cos(32°+18°))
=12(cos(14°)+cos(50°))=\frac{1}{2}\left(\cos\left(14\degree\right)+\cos\left(50\degree\right)\right)=21(cos(14°)+cos(50°))