SOLUTION: Please help me solve this problem sec^2 x-1/secx-1

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Question 1007752: Please help me solve this problem sec^2 x-1/secx-1
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Please help me solve this problem sec^2 x-1/secx-1
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It's not an equation, so there's nothing to solve.
It's not a problem unless you say what you want to do.
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sec^2 x-1/secx-1
If you want to simplify it:
sec^2 x-1/secx-1
Use parentheses. I think you mean
(sec^2(x)-1)/(sec(x)-1)
= (sec(x)-1)*(sec(x)+1)/(sec(x)-1)
Cancel (sec(x)-1)
= sec(x)+1