SOLUTION: Find the solution, if possible. {{{(1 + tan^2(theta))/(1+cos^2(theta))=tan^2(theta)}}}

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Question 1085324: Find the solution, if possible.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!








Multiply both sides by cos2q













But that is extraneous because the original equation
contains tan2(q) which is not defined for .

There is no solution.

Edwin
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