Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.5 Sum and Difference Formulas - 7.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 488: 64

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$LHS=\frac{cos(\alpha)cos(\beta)+sin(\alpha)sin(\beta)}{sin(\alpha)cos(\beta)}=\frac{cos(\alpha)}{sin(\alpha)}+\frac{sin(\beta)}{cos(\beta)}=cot(\alpha)+tan(\beta)=RHS$
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