SOLUTION: Prove that: 1/(cosec A - cot A) - 1/sin A = 1/sin A - 1/(cosec A + cot A)

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Question 1208769: Prove that: 1/(cosec A - cot A) - 1/sin A = 1/sin A - 1/(cosec A + cot A)
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20062) About Me  (Show Source):
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Remember the Pythagorean identity:
  1%2Bcot%5E2%28theta%29=csc%5E2%28theta%29 or csc%5E2%28theta%29-cot%5E2%28theta%29=1 

Work with the left side only for a while:
 
1%2F%28csc%28A%29+-+cot%28A%29%29+-+1%2Fsin%28A%29%22%22=%22%22+1%2Fsin%28A%29+-+1%2F%28csc%28A%29+%2B+cot%28A%29%29

%22%22=%22%221%2Fsin%28A%29+-+1%2F%28csc%28A%29+%2B+cot%28A%29%29

%22%22=%22%22+1%2Fsin%28A%29+-+1%2F%28csc%28A%29+%2B+cot%28A%29%29

%28csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+%2B+cot%5E%22%22%28A%29%29%2F1%5E%22%22+-+csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22+1%2Fsin%28A%29+-+1%2F%28csc%28A%29+%2B+cot%28A%29%29

csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+%2B+cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+-+csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22+1%2Fsin%28A%29+-+1%2F%28csc%28A%29+%2B+cot%28A%29%29

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22+1%2Fsin%28A%29+-+1%2F%28csc%28A%29+%2B+cot%28A%29%29

Now work with the right side only:

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22+csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+-+%28csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+-+cot%5E%22%22%28A%29%5E%22%22%29

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22+csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+-+csc%5E%22%22%28A%29+%2B+cot%5E%22%22%28A%29

cot%5E%22%22%28A%29+%22%22=%22%22+cot%5E%22%22%28A%29

Edwin