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//
// Demonstrate the trigonometric identity
// cos(a+b) equals cos(a)*cos(b) - sin(a)*sin(b)
//


 int main(){
»  double mummy_bear, daddy_bear, baby_bear, porridge;

»  mummy_bear=0.707;//! Random values
»  daddy_bear=0.1234;

»  baby_bear=cos(mummy_bear)*cos(daddy_bear)
    -sin(mummy_bear)*sin(daddy_bear);

»  porridge=baby_bear-cos(mummy_bear+daddy_bear);

»  printf("I calculate cos(%g) to be %g\n", 
         mummy_bear+daddy_bear, baby_bear);
»  printf("with an error of %g\n", porridge);

»  return 0;
}
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Data

mummy_bear (double)   daddy_bear (double)
128   136
-2.0814446e+199
  
-1.8606102e+136
baby_bear (double)   porridge (double)
144   152
2.78888424e-157
  
1.42536367e+192

Memory

main()

128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
mummy_bear = -2.0814446e+199
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
daddy_bear = -1.8606102e+136
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
baby_bear = 2.78888424e-157
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
porridge = 1.42536367e+192

NB: the actual memory address of each variable is the
address shown plus 4294632808 (0xFFFAE568).

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Output

I calculate cos(0.8304) to be 0.674581
with an error of -1.11022e-16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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