document.write( "Question 644726: I am having trouble proving the identity:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "cos^2(theta) =Cot^2/ 1+cot^2(theta)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I thought of getting into csc^2 but not sure what to do with it.
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Use the identity: cotē θ + 1 = cscēθ
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\n" ); document.write( "(cscēθ - 1)/(cscēθ) = 1 - (1/cscēθ)
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\n" ); document.write( "= cosē θ
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