Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Verifying Trigonometric Identities - Exercise Set - Page 659: 34

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${{\csc }^{2}}x\sec x$ Apply the Pythagorean identity of trigonometry $cs{{c}^{2}}x=1+{{\cot }^{2}}x$ , Then, the above expression can be further simplified as: $\begin{align} & {{\csc }^{2}}x\sec x=\left( 1+{{\cot }^{2}}x \right)\sec x \\ & =\sec x+{{\cot }^{2}}x.\sec x \end{align}$ By using the quotient identity of trigonometry ${{\cot }^{2}}x=\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}x}{{{\sin }^{2}}x}$ , and reciprocal identity of trigonometry $\sec x=\frac{1}{\cos x}$ and now the above expression can be further simplified as: $\begin{align} & \sec x+{{\cot }^{2}}x.\sec x=\sec x+\frac{{{\cos }^{2}}x}{{{\sin }^{2}}x}.\frac{1}{\cos x} \\ & =\sec x+\frac{\cos x}{{{\sin }^{2}}x} \\ & =\sec x+\frac{1}{\sin x}.\frac{\cos x}{\sin x} \end{align}$ By using the reciprocal identity of trigonometry $cscx=\frac{1}{sinx}$ , and quotient identity of trigonometry $\cot x=\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}$ , and now the above expression can be further simplified as: $\begin{align} & \sec x+\frac{1}{\sin x}.\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}=\sec x+\csc x.\cot x \\ & =\sec x+\csc x\cot x \end{align}$ Thus, the left side of the expression is equal to the right side, which is ${{\csc }^{2}}x\sec x=\sec x+\csc x\cot x$.
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