SOLUTION: Evaluate the expression.
csc^2 (theta) - cot^2 (theta)
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Question 188012: Evaluate the expression.
csc^2 (theta) - cot^2 (theta)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 - \cot^2 (\theta))
... Start with the given expression.
} - \frac{\cos^2(\theta)}{\sin^2 (\theta)})
... Rewrite each term in terms of sines and cosines.
}{\sin^2 (\theta)})
... Combine the fractions.
}{\sin^2 (\theta)})
... Use the identity =\sin^2 (\theta))
Reduce
So  - \cot^2 (\theta)=1)
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