Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Verifying Trigonometric Identities - Exercise Set - Page 660: 97

Answer

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Work Step by Step

If the identities are provided in $\sin x$ and $\cos x$ then, there is no change in the identities. Let us take an example: The identities are: ${{\sin }^{2}}x+{{\cos }^{2}}x=1$ $\cos x=\sqrt{1-{{\sin }^{2}}x}$ $\sin x=\sqrt{1-{{\cos }^{2}}x}$ If the identity is provided in $\csc x$, $\sec x$ $\tan x$ and $\cot x$, then, we convert the identities into the form of $\sin x$ and $\cos x$ respectively as shown below, For $\csc x$ $\csc x=\frac{1}{\sin x}$ For $\sec x$, $\sec x=\frac{1}{\cos x}$ For $\tan x$, $\tan x=\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}$ For $\cot x$ $\cot x=\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}$ Then, the steps to verify the identities are. Step 1: consider the complicated part of the identity. The complicated part may be the left-hand side or the right-hand part. Step 2: convert the identity into $\sin x$ or $\cos x$ as per the provided identity. Step 3: simplify the complicated part until we get the same identity as another part. For example: Now, consider an identity, $\tan \theta +\cot \theta =\left( \csc \theta \right)\left( \sec \theta \right)$ Consider the left-hand side and simplify: $\begin{align} & L.H.S.=\tan \theta +\cot \theta \\ & =\frac{\sin \theta }{\cos \theta }+\frac{\cos \theta }{\sin \theta } \\ & =\frac{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta +{{\cos }^{2}}\theta }{\sin \theta \cos \theta } \end{align}$ Since, ${{\sin }^{2}}\theta +{{\cos }^{2}}\theta =1$ then, $\begin{align} & L.H.S.=\frac{1}{\sin \theta \cos \theta } \\ & =\csc \theta \sec \theta \end{align}$ Hence, from the above calculation, the left part of the identity is equal to the right part of the identity.
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