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proving a trig identity

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(1)/(1+cos(-x))+(1)/(1-cos(x))=2csc^2(x) is this an identity? It was a question on the last test I took and I can't see hawto even solve it.
asked Feb 14, 2013 in TRIGONOMETRY by payton Apprentice

1 Answer

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LHS image

Even-Odd Identities: cos(-θ) = cosθ

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Rewrite the expression with common denominator.

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Mathematical formula: (a + b)(a - b) = a2 - b2

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Pythagorean Identities: sin2θ + cos2θ = 1 ⇒ sin2θ = 1 - cos2θ

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Reciprocal identities: 1/sinθ = cscθ

image  RHS

Therefore  image.

answered Feb 14, 2013 by richardson Scholar

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