# Help to prove each Identity

• Nov 10th 2009, 09:19 AM
Help to prove each Identity
I have no idea how to solve these problems, any help wold be aprreciated

a) tanθ - 1 = (sin^2θ - cos^2θ) / (sinθcosθ + cos^2θ)

b) sinx + sinxcot^2x = cscx
• Nov 10th 2009, 10:00 AM
Soroban

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$(a)\;\;\tan\theta - 1 \:=\: \frac{\sin^2\!\theta - \cos^2\!\theta}{\sin\theta\cos\theta + \cos^2\!\theta}$

Factor the right side: . $\frac{(\sin\theta - \cos\theta)(\sin\theta + \cos\theta)}{\cos\theta(\sin\theta + \cos\theta)}$

Reduce: . $\frac{\sin\theta - \cos\theta}{\cos\theta} \;\;=\;\;\frac{\sin\theta}{\cos\theta} - \frac{\cos\theta}{\cos\theta} \;\;=\;\; \tan\theta - 1$

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$(b)\;\;\sin x + \sin x\cot^2\!x \:=\: \csc x$

Factor the left side: . $\sin x\cdot\underbrace{(1 + \cot^2\!x)}_{\text{This is }\csc^2\!x} \;\;=\;\;\sin x\cdot\csc^2\!x \;\;=\;\;\frac{1}{\csc x}\!\cdot \csc^2\!x \;\;=\;\;\csc x$
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