Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Solving Trigonometric Equations - 6.1 Problem Set - Page 327: 84

Answer

$$\frac{2}{\tan x+\cot x} =\sin 2x$$

Work Step by Step

Since \begin{align*} \frac{2}{\tan x+\cot x}&=\frac{2}{\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}+\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}}\\ &=\frac{2}{\frac{\sin^2 x+\cos^2 x}{\cos x\sin x} }\\ &=\frac{2}{\frac{1}{\cos x\sin x} }\\ &=2\sin x\cos x\\ &=\sin 2x \end{align*} Then $$\frac{2}{\tan x+\cot x} =\sin 2x$$
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