SOLUTION: help verifying the identity sin^2(theta/2)=csc(theta)-cot(theta)/2csc theta

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Question 154116: help verifying the identity
sin^2(theta/2)=csc(theta)-cot(theta)/2csc theta

Answer by orca(409)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Note that I have used the Greek letter "alpha" instead of "theta", because the letter "theta" can not display properly here
The right hand side of the identity is

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