SOLUTION: How do you verify that 1+cot(theta)/csc(theta) = sin(theta) + cos(theta)

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Question 613148: How do you verify that 1+cot(theta)/csc(theta) = sin(theta) + cos(theta)
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1%2Bcot%28theta%29%2Fcsc%28theta%29+=+sin%28theta%29+%2B+cos%28theta%29
There is something wrong here because the left side is NOT equal to the right side.

Please correct and re-post. If the problem is supposed to be:
%281%2Bcot%28theta%29%29%2Fcsc%28theta%29+=+sin%28theta%29+%2B+cos%28theta%29
then the error is that there were no parentheses to indicate that both the 1 and the cot were part of the same numerator. Always use parentheses around multiple-term numerators (or denominators):
(1+cot(theta))/csc(theta) = sin(theta) + cos(theta)