SOLUTION: Please solve the equation: sec theta- tan theta=0 for 0<theta<2&#960;

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Question 454486: Please solve the equation:
sec theta- tan theta=0 for 0
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Recall that secant is one over cosine and tangent is sine over cosine, so your problem becomes:



Which is to say:



Multiply by



Check the unit circle, recalling that the sin value is the -coordinate



to see that:



But recall that you can go around the circle as many times as you like since you didn't provide a range for the answer and that once around is :



where

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