Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Sum and Difference Formulas - Exercise Set - Page 669: 10

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Evaluate the term $\cos \left( \alpha -\beta \right)$ using the cosines difference formula and solve the expression on the left-hand side of the identity as, $\begin{align} & \frac{\cos \left( \alpha -\beta \right)}{\sin \alpha \sin \beta }=\frac{\cos \alpha \cos \beta +\sin \alpha \sin \beta }{\sin \alpha \sin \beta } \\ & =\frac{\cos \alpha \cos \beta }{\sin \alpha \sin \beta }+\frac{\sin \alpha \sin \beta }{\sin \alpha \sin \beta } \\ & =\frac{\cos \alpha }{\sin \alpha }\frac{\cos \beta }{\sin \beta }+1 \end{align}$ Substitute $\frac{\cos \alpha }{\sin \alpha }=\cot \alpha \text{ and }\frac{\cos \beta }{\sin \beta }=\cot \beta $. $\frac{\cos \left( \alpha -\beta \right)}{\sin \alpha \sin \beta }=\cot \alpha \cot \beta +1$ Since the left-hand side part of the identity is equivalent to the expression on the right-hand side, therefore, the identity is verified.
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