SOLUTION: Please help me with this equation. I have to use Trig. Identities to solve it and i can't seem to get both sides to equal the same thing. Could you show me how to get there? {{{ (1

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Question 176506: Please help me with this equation. I have to use Trig. Identities to solve it and i can't seem to get both sides to equal the same thing. Could you show me how to get there? +%281%2Bcsc%28a%29%29%2Fsec%28a%29=cos%28a%29%2Bcot%28a%29+
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
%281%2Bcsc%28a%29%29%2Fsec%28a%29=cos%28a%29%2Bcot%28a%29
dealing with the left side of the identity
substitute sec%28a%29=1%2Fcos%28a%29
%281%2Bcsc%28a%29%29%2F%281%2Fcos%28a%29%29=%28cos%28a%29%2Bcsc%28a%29cos%28a%29%29%2F1
csc%28a%29=1%2Fsin%28a%29 so:
csc%28a%29cos%28a%29=cos%28a%29%2Fsin%28a%29=1%2Ftan%28a%29=cot%28a%29

Does this help???------------------ptaylor