Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Identities and Equations - 7.2 Verifying Trigonometric Identities - 7.2 Exercises - Page 667: 62

Answer

$\dfrac {1}{sec\alpha -\tan \alpha }=sec\alpha +\tan \alpha $

Work Step by Step

$\dfrac {1}{sec\alpha -\tan \alpha }=\dfrac {1}{\dfrac {1}{\cos \alpha }-\dfrac {\sin \alpha }{\cos \alpha }}=\dfrac {\cos \alpha }{1-\sin \alpha }=\dfrac {\cos \alpha \left( 1+\sin \alpha \right) }{\left( 1-\sin \alpha \right) \left( 1+\sin \alpha \right) }=\dfrac {\cos \alpha \left( 1+\sin \alpha \right) }{1-\sin ^{2}\alpha }=\dfrac {\cos \alpha \left( 1+\sin \alpha \right) }{\cos ^{2}\alpha }=\dfrac {\left( 1+\sin \alpha \right) }{\cos \alpha }=sec\alpha +\tan \alpha $
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