Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Trigonometric Identities - Section 5.2 Verifying Trigonometric Identities - 5.2 Exercises - Page 203: 82

Answer

$\tan{\theta}\sin{\theta}+\cos{\theta}=\sec{\theta}$

Work Step by Step

Use a graphing utility to graph $y=\tan{\theta}\sin{\theta}+\cos{\theta}$. Refer to the graph below. Notice that the graph looks the same as that of $y=\sec{\theta}$. RECALL: (1) $\tan{\theta}=\dfrac{\sin{\theta}}{\cos{\theta}}\\\\$ (2) $\sec{\theta}=\dfrac{1}{\cos{\theta}}$ Use the definitions above to obtain: \begin{align*} \tan{\theta}\sin{\theta}+\cos{\theta}&=\frac{\sin{\theta}}{\cos{\theta}}\cdot \sin{\theta}+\cos{\theta}\\\\ &=\frac{\sin^2{\theta}}{\cos{\theta}}+\cos{\theta}\\\\ &=\frac{\sin^2{\theta}}{\cos{\theta}}+\frac{\cos^2{\theta}}{\cos{\theta}}\\\\ &=\frac{\sin^2{\theta}+\cos^2{\theta}}{\cos{\theta}}\\\\ &=\frac{1}{\cos{\theta}}\\\\ &=\sec{\theta} \end{align*} Therefore, $$\tan{\theta}\sin{\theta}+\cos{\theta}=\sec{\theta}$$
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