Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

APPENDIX D - Trigonometry - D Exercises - Page A 32: 49

Answer

$cot^2~\theta+sec^2~\theta = tan^2~\theta+csc^2~\theta$

Work Step by Step

We can prove the identity: $cot^2~\theta+sec^2~\theta$ $= \frac{cos^2~\theta}{sin^2~\theta}+\frac{1}{cos^2~\theta}$ $= \frac{1-sin^2~\theta}{sin^2~\theta}+\frac{1}{cos^2~\theta}$ $= \frac{1}{sin^2~\theta}-1+\frac{1}{cos^2~\theta}$ $= \frac{1}{sin^2~\theta}-\frac{cos^2~\theta}{cos^2~\theta}+\frac{1}{cos^2~\theta}$ $= \frac{1}{sin^2~\theta}+\frac{1-cos^2~\theta}{cos^2~\theta}$ $= \frac{1}{sin^2~\theta}+\frac{sin^2~\theta}{cos^2~\theta}$ $= \frac{sin^2~\theta}{cos^2~\theta}+\frac{1}{sin^2~\theta}$ $= tan^2~\theta+csc^2~\theta$
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