Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Trigonometric Identities and Equations - 7.2 Verifying Trigonometric Identities - 7.2 Exercises - Page 667: 78

Answer

$$\sin \theta + \cos \theta = \frac{{\sin \theta }}{{1 - \cot \theta }} + \frac{{\cos \theta }}{{1 - \tan \theta }}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & \sin \theta + \cos \theta = \frac{{\sin \theta }}{{1 - \cot \theta }} + \frac{{\cos \theta }}{{1 - \tan \theta }} \cr & {\text{We transform the more complicated right side to match the left side}}. \cr & \frac{{\sin \theta }}{{1 - \cot \theta }} + \frac{{\cos \theta }}{{1 - \tan \theta }} = \frac{{\sin \theta }}{{1 - \cot \theta }}\left( {\frac{{\sin \theta }}{{\sin \theta }}} \right) + \frac{{\cos \theta }}{{1 - \tan \theta }}\left( {\frac{{\cos \theta }}{{\cos \theta }}} \right) \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{{{\sin }^2}\theta }}{{\sin \theta - \cot \theta \sin \theta }} + \frac{{{{\cos }^2}\theta }}{{1 - \tan \theta \cos \theta }} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{{{\sin }^2}\theta }}{{\sin \theta - \cot \theta \sin \theta }} + \frac{{{{\cos }^2}\theta }}{{\cos \theta - \tan \theta \cos \theta }} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{{{\sin }^2}\theta }}{{\sin \theta - \cos \theta }} + \frac{{{{\cos }^2}\theta }}{{\cos \theta - \sin \theta }} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{{{\sin }^2}\theta }}{{\sin \theta - \cos \theta }} - \frac{{{{\cos }^2}\theta }}{{\sin \theta - \cos \theta }} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{{{\sin }^2}\theta - {{\cos }^2}\theta }}{{\sin \theta - \cos \theta }} \cr & {\text{ Factoring the numerator}} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \frac{{\left( {\sin \theta - \cos \theta } \right)\left( {\sin \theta + \cos \theta } \right)}}{{\sin \theta - \cos \theta }} \cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, = \sin \theta + \cos \theta \, \cr & {\text{Thus have verified that the given equation is an identity}}\,\, \cr} $$
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