Tuesday, April 30, 2013

verify the trig identity: (1+sinx)^2/cos^2(x) = (1 + sinx)/ (1-sinx )

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For convenience we'll denote sin(x) as sinx. First we expand the numerator and rewrite the denominator: 
 
Using the difference of squares identity for the denominator... 
 
after cancelling... 

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