Precalculus (10th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Analytic Trigonometry - 7.6 Double-angle and Half-angle Formulas - 7.6 Assess Your Understanding - Page 498: 51

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$RHS=\frac{cos^2\theta/sin^2\theta-1}{2cos\theta/sin\theta}\times\frac{sin^2\theta}{sin^2\theta}=\frac{cos^2\theta-sin^2\theta}{2sin\theta cos\theta}=\frac{cos(2\theta)}{sin(2\theta)}=cot(2\theta)=LHS$
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