SOLUTION: How do you verify identities? example: sin/1-cos+1-cos/sin=2csc

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Question 584655: How do you verify identities? example: sin/1-cos+1-cos/sin=2csc
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Apply the LCD and add the two fractions:



Apply the Pythagorean Identity to the numerator:



Factor a 2 out of the numerator:



Eliminate the factor common to both numerator and denominator:



Sine is the reciprocal of Cosecant, so:



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