Trig Help dealing with identities Each expression simplifies
Trig Help dealing with identities! Each expression simplifies to a constant, a single trigonometric function or a power of a trigometric function. Use fundamental identities to simplify each expression.
sin(x)tan(x)/cos(x) =
(tan(x))^2+sin(x)csc(x) =
(sec(x))^21 =
Solution
1)sin(x)tan(x)/cos(x)
=tan(x)(sin(x)/cos(x))
=tan(x)tan(x)
=(tan(x))2
2)(tan(x))2+sin(x)csc(x)
=(tan(x))2+sin(x)(1/sin(x))
=(tan(x))2+1.................. [since sec2x -tan2x =1]
=(sec(x))2
3)(sec(x))21.................. [since sec2x -tan2x =1]
=(tan(x))2
