SOLUTION: Change the expression to an expression involving sines and cosines and simplify: tan(x) + 4sec(x)

SOLUTION: Change the expression to an expression involving sines and cosines and simplify: tan(x) + 4sec(x)

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Question 348533: Change the expression to an expression involving sines and cosines and simplify: tan(x) + 4sec(x)
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tanx = sinx/cosx

secx = 1/cosx

sinx/cosx + 4(1/cosx) =

sinx/cosx + 4/cosx =

(sinx + 4)/cosx

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