Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 4 - Section 4.1 - Basic Graphs - 4.1 Problem Set - Page 192: 55

Answer

$\csc(\theta)+\sin(-\theta)=\frac{\cos^{2}(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}$

Work Step by Step

$\csc(\theta)$ can also be represented as $\frac{1}{\sin(\theta)}$ Since sine is an odd function, $\sin(-\theta)=-\sin(\theta)$ The equation can be rewritten as: $\csc(\theta)+\sin(-\theta)=\frac{1}{\sin(\theta)}-\sin(\theta)$ The denominators of both terms can now be converted to $\sin(\theta)$ by multiplying $\sin(\theta)$ by $\frac{\sin(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}$ to give $\frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}$. As such, $\frac{1}{\sin(\theta)}-\sin(\theta)=\frac{1-\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}$ By using the identity $1-\sin^{2}(\theta)=\cos^{2}(\theta)$, the equation can be simplified to: $\frac{1-\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}=\frac{\cos^{2}(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}$ Therefore, $\csc(\theta)+\sin(-\theta)=\frac{\cos^{2}(\theta)}{\sin(\theta)}$
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