Given that $\alpha$ is an acute angle and $\cos\alpha=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{4}$, then $\sin\frac{\alpha}{2}=$ A. $\frac{3-\sqrt{5}}{8}$ B. $\frac{-1+\sqrt{5}}{8}$ C. $\frac{3-\sqrt{5}}{4}$ D. $\frac{-1+\sqrt{5}}{4}$
105- If $\tan\!\left(\dfrac{\alpha}{2}\right) = \dfrac{1}{4}$, what is the value of $\dfrac{\tan(\alpha) - \sin(\alpha)}{\sin(\alpha) - \cos(\alpha)}$? (1) $-\dfrac{91}{105}$ (2) $-\dfrac{19}{105}$ (3) $\dfrac{16}{105}$ (4) $\dfrac{91}{105}$
Let $a _ { 0 } = \frac { 1 } { 2 }$ and $a _ { n }$ be defined inductively by $$a _ { n } = \sqrt { \frac { 1 + a _ { n - 1 } } { 2 } } , n \geq 1 .$$ (a) Show that for $n = 0,1,2 , \ldots$, $$a _ { n } = \cos \theta _ { n } \text { for some } 0 < \theta _ { n } < \frac { \pi } { 2 } ,$$ and determine $\theta _ { n }$. (b) Using (a) or otherwise, calculate $$\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } 4 ^ { n } \left( 1 - a _ { n } \right)$$