document.write( "Question 140791: Add or subtract the fractions then simplify using the Pythagorean identities and factoring to find the expression that completes the identity.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #102462 by solver91311(24713)\"\" \"About 
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I can show you how to add the fractions, but since there is no equal sign anywhere, there is no \"identity\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You add the fractions just like you would add any other fractions. You find a common denominator, convert the numerators, and then sum the numerators.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28sin%28x%29%2F%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29%29%28%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29%2Fsin%28x%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The two denominators have no factors in common, so the lowest common denominator is simply the product of the denominators, exactly like adding \"1%2F5%2B1%2F7\" where the LCD is just \"5%2A7=35\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So your LCD is \"sin%28x%29%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29\" and your sum becomes:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28sin%5E2%28x%29%2B%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29%5E2%29%2F%28sin%28x%29%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But we know that \"sin%5E2%28x%29%2Bcos%5E2%28x%29=1\" so:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281%2B2cos%28x%29%2B1%29%2F%28sin%28x%29%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282cos%28x%29%2B2%29%2F%28sin%28x%29%28cos%28x%29%2B1%29%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2Fsin%28x%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2csc%28x%29\"
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