SOLUTION: Cos(60-A)+sin(30-A)/cos(30-A) -sin(60-A)=cotA

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Question 1042004: Cos(60-A)+sin(30-A)/cos(30-A) -sin(60-A)=cotA
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Work with the left side:

Use cos(a-b) = cos(a)cos(b) + sin(a)sin(b)
and sin(a-b) = sin(a)cos(b) - cos(a)sin(b)



Remove parentheses.  Be careful to make sign change on 
last term of denominator.



Use the fact that cos%28%2260%B0%22%29=sin%28%2230%B0%22%29=1%2F2 and sin%28%2260%B0%22%29=cos%28%2230%B0%22%29=sqrt%283%29%2F2








cos%28A%29%2Fsin%28A%29

  Use cot%28theta%29=cos%28theta%29%2Fsin%28theta%29

cot%28A%29

Edwin