SOLUTION: Use the Pythagorean identity sin^2t+cos^2t=1 to show that cot^2t=csc^2t-1

SOLUTION: Use the Pythagorean identity sin^2t+cos^2t=1 to show that cot^2t=csc^2t-1

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Question 770925: Use the Pythagorean identity sin^2t+cos^2t=1 to show that cot^2t=csc^2t-1
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Pythagorean identity sin^2t+cos^2t=1 to show that cot^2t=csc^2t-1
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cot^2t=csc^2t-1
Start with right hand side:

=cot^2(t)
Verified:
Right-hand side=left-hand side
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