SOLUTION: Verify the identity: {{{sec^4(theta) -sec^2(theta) = 1/(cot^4(theta)) +1/(cot^2(theta))}}}
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Question 880882
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Verify the identity:
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Use the identities
and
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Factor out
from the LHS, and combine the two fractions on the RHS, using the above identities. After that, it is pretty much basic algebra and rearrangement, and I'll leave that to you.
