SOLUTION: Please help me prove this identity by working on only ONE side of the equation (sin^3(A) + cos^3(A)) / (sin^2(A) + 2sin(A)cos(A) + cos^2(A)) = (1 / (sin(A) + cos(A))) - (cos(A) /

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Question 1023434: Please help me prove this identity by working on only ONE side of the equation
(sin^3(A) + cos^3(A)) / (sin^2(A) + 2sin(A)cos(A) + cos^2(A)) = (1 / (sin(A) + cos(A))) - (cos(A) / (1 + cot(A)))


Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

We work with the left side:



Let s = sin(A) 
Let c = cos(A)



Factor numerator as the sum of two cubes
and the trinomial in the denominator



Cancel the (s+c)'s





Replace s and c by what we let them be above:



By a well known identity, looking at the first
and third terms, the numerator becomes



We break that into two fractions:



In the second fraction, divide every term,
top and bottom by sin(A)



Cancel the sin(A)'s in the top, and the sin(A)'s in the bottom





By using a well-known identity for cot(A):



Edwin

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