SOLUTION: (tan^2 x + 1)/(tan x + cot x)
How do you simplify this to a single trig function using other trig identities?
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How do you simplify this to a single trig function using other trig identities?
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sec^2/[(sin/cos) + (cos/sin)]
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(1/cos^2)/[(sin^2+cos^2)/(sin*cos)]
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= (1/cos^2)/(1/(sin*cos))
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= sin/cos
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= tan(x)
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Stan H.
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