Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Verifying Trigonometric Identities - Exercise Set - Page 659: 63

Answer

The solution of the given question is $2\sin x$.

Work Step by Step

$\frac{\cos x+\cot x\sin x}{\cot x}$ We divide $\cos x$ and $\cot x\sin x$ in the numerator separately by $\cot x$ $\begin{align} & \frac{\cos x+\cot x\sin x}{\cot x}=\frac{\cos x}{\cot x}+\frac{\cot x\sin x}{\cot x} \\ & =\frac{\cos x}{\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}}+\frac{\cot x\sin x}{\cot x} \\ & =\frac{\cos x\sin x}{\cos x}+\sin x \end{align}$ Further solving, $\begin{align} & \frac{\cos x\sin x}{\cos x}+\sin x=\sin x+\sin x \\ & =2\sin x \end{align}$ Conjecture: Left side is equal to $2\sin x$. Thus, the left side of the expression is equal to the right side, which is $\frac{\cos x+\cot x\sin x}{\cot x}=2\sin x$.
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