SOLUTION: How do you prove the identity by choosing one side to solve: cot^2(x)+sec^2(x)=tan^2(x)+csc^2(x)?

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Question 924109: How do you prove the identity by choosing one side to solve: cot^2(x)+sec^2(x)=tan^2(x)+csc^2(x)?
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How do you prove the identity by choosing one side to solve: cot^2(x)+sec^2(x)=tan^2(x)+csc^2(x)?
cot2 x + sec2 x = tan2 x + csc2 x

Left-side:


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 ------ Rearranging



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Thus, the LEFT SIDE is PROVEN as being equal to RIGHT-SIDE  

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