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// // Demonstrate the trigonometric identity // cos(a+b) equals cos(a)*cos(b) - sin(a)*sin(b) //
int main(){ » double a, b, cos_a_plus_b, error; » a=0.707;//! Random values » b=0.1234; » cos_a_plus_b=cos(a)*cos(b)-sin(a)*sin(b); » error=cos_a_plus_b-cos(a+b); » printf("I calculate cos(%g) to be %g\n", a+b, cos_a_plus_b); » printf("with an error of %g\n", error); » return 0; }
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Data

a (double)   b (double)
128   136
-2.0814446e+199
  
-2.69368493e+135
cos_a_plus_b (double)   error (double)
144   152
2.78888424e-157
  
1.87982553e+192

Memory

main()

128
129
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135
a = -2.0814446e+199
136
137
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143
b = -2.69368493e+135
144
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151
cos_a_plus_b = 2.78888424e-157
152
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157
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159
error = 1.87982553e+192

NB: the actual memory address of each variable is the
address shown plus 4291746072 (0xFFCED918).

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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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