document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=410717>Question 410717</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me verify this equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cot^2 theta-cos^2 theta= (cot^2 theta) (cos^2 theta) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "cot^2-cos^2=(cot^2)(cos^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "starting with left-hand side,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(cos^2/sin^2-cos^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(cos^2-sin^2cos^2)/sin^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=cos^2(1-sin^2)/sin^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=cos^2*cos^2/sin^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=cos^4/sin^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(cos^2/sin^2)*cos^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=(cot^2)(cos^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "identity confirmed: Left-hand side = right-hand side </SPAN>\n" );
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