Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Verifying Trigonometric Identities - Exercise Set - Page 659: 25

Answer

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Work Step by Step

$\frac{\sin t}{\csc t}+\frac{\cos t}{\sec t}=1$ Recall Trigonometric Identities, $\begin{align} & {{\sin }^{2}}t+{{\cos }^{2}}t=1 \\ & \csc t=\frac{1}{\sin t} \\ & \sec t=\frac{1}{\cos t} \\ \end{align}$ Use the above identities and solve the left side of the given expression, $\begin{align} & \frac{\sin t}{\csc t}+\frac{\cos t}{\sec t}=\frac{\sin t}{\frac{1}{\sin t}}+\frac{\cos t}{\frac{1}{\cos t}} \\ & ={{\sin }^{2}}t+{{\cos }^{2}}t \\ & =1 \end{align}$ Therefore, $\frac{\sin t}{\csc t}+\frac{\cos t}{\sec t}=1$
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