Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Proving Identities - 5.1 Problem Set - Page 279: 48

Answer

As left side transforms into right side, hence given identity- $\frac{\cos t}{1 + \sin t} $ = $ \frac{1 - \sin t}{\cos t}$ is true.

Work Step by Step

Given identity is- $\frac{\cos t}{1 + \sin t} $ = $ \frac{1 - \sin t}{\cos t}$ Taking L.S. $\frac{\cos t}{1 + \sin t} $ = $\frac{\cos t}{1 + \sin t}. \frac{1 - \sin t}{1 - \sin t} $ {Multiplying the numerator and denominator by the conjugate of denominator, $(1 -\sin t)$} = $\frac{\cos t(1 - \sin t)}{(1 + \sin t) (1 - \sin t)} $ = $\frac{\cos t(1 - \sin t)}{1 - \sin^{2} t} $ {Recall $(a+b)(a-b) $ = $a^{2} - b^{2}$ } = = $\frac{\cos t(1 - \sin t)}{\cos^{2} t} $ ( Recall first Pythagorean identity, $1 - \sin^{2} t =\cos^{2} t$ ) = $ \frac{1 - \sin t}{\cos t}$ = R.S. As left side transforms into right side, hence given identity- $\frac{\cos t}{1 + \sin t} $ = $ \frac{1 - \sin t}{\cos t}$ is true.
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