Find the Integer N, solution attached

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Homework Statement



The expression sin(2°) sin(4°) sin(6°)... sin(90°) is equal to a number of the form (n√5)/2^50
where "n" is an integer. Find n

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geometric sum: a/ 1-r


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I found the solution online but have no idea how they got it... been going back and forth trying to figure it out on my own but I don't understand. Any help would be appreciated everyone. Thanks!
 

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Never mind the online solution
How would you go about finding the answer?
You need to be able to use the geometric sum stuff - so you need to be able to change the product of sines into a sum of something - there are not many different ways to do this.
 
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There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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