document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=851364>Question 851364</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me simplify this expression either to 1, -1, or a single trigonometric function: cot(a)sec(a)/csc(a). I tried to simplify cot(a) to sin(a)/cos(a), sec(a) to 1/cos(a), and csc(a) to 1/sin(a) and got 1/cosa^2. I'm not sure if I did this correctly or not? Thanks. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "cot(a)sec(a)/csc(a)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[cos/sin](1/cos]/[1/sin]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= [1/sin]/[1/sin] <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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