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how do I prove that $$\sum_{k=1}^{n=90}\frac{1}{\sin(k-1)\sin(k)} =\frac{\cos1^{\circ}}{\sin^21^{\circ}}$$
or $${1\over \sin1^{\circ}\sin2^{\circ}}+{1\over \sin2^{\circ}\sin3^{\circ}}+{1\over \sin3^{\circ}\sin4^{\circ}}+...+{1\over \sin89^{\circ}\sin90^{\circ}} = \frac{\cos1^{\circ}}{\sin^21^{\circ}}$$
Any ideas about how to go about doing this ?

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    Hint:

    $$\frac{\sin (k - (k-1))}{\sin k \sin (k-1)} = \frac{\sin k\cos (k-1) - \cos k \sin (k-1)}{\sin k \sin (k-1)} = \cot (k-1) - \cot k$$

    – r9m Oct 31 '15 at 08:38

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Hint

\begin{align*} \frac{1}{\sin k^{\circ} \, \sin (k+1)^{\circ}} & =\frac{\sin 1^{\circ}}{\sin 1^{\circ}\sin k^{\circ} \, \sin (k+1)^{\circ}}\\ & =\frac{\sin ((k+1)^{\circ}-k^{\circ})}{\sin 1^{\circ}\sin k^{\circ} \, \sin (k+1)^{\circ}}\\ & = \frac{1}{\sin 1^{\circ}} \, \left[\cot k^{\circ}-\cot (k+1)^{\circ}\right] \end{align*}

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