document.write( "Question 415076: I don't understand how to work these types of problems:
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Algebra.Com's Answer #291034 by robertb(5830)\"\" \"About 
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There is a variant of the Pythagorean identity: \"%28sec+x%29%5E2+=+%28tan+x%29%5E2+%2B+1\". Hence \"%28sec+18%5Eo%29%5E2+=+%28tan+18%5Eo%29%5E2+%2B+1\", and so \"%28sec+18%5Eo%29%5E2+-+%28tan+18%5Eo%29%5E2+=+1\" \n" ); document.write( "
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