The equation is
.
Let the functions are
and
.
Draw a coordinate plane.
\Graph the function
.

Graph the function
.
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Observe the above two graphs :
\The graphs of the two functions do not coincide for all values of
.
At
, the value of
.
At
, the value of
.
So, the equation does not appears to be an identity.
\The equation
does not represents an identity.