document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=964790>Question 964790</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Prove that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "secx/sinx - sinx/cosx = cotx is an identity. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "secx/sinx - sinx/cosx = cotx is an identity.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "secx/sinx - sinx/cosx = cotx<BR>\n" );
document.write( "secx/sinx - sinx/cosx = cos/sin<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/sin*cos - sin/cos = cos/sin<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by sin*cos<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 - sin^2 = cos^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = sin^2 + cos^2 (Pythagorean Identity)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "QED<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If anyone can post an example where working on one side only makes a difference, I would like to see it.<BR>\n" );
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