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MikeC3322
Oct 3, 2010, 10:39 PM
I'm having trouble establishing this identity
1-tan^2(x)/1+tan^2(x) = cos^2(x)-sin^2(x)
any help would be much appreciated!

Unknown008
Oct 4, 2010, 01:00 AM
First use:

1 + tan^2A = sec^2A

Then, convert tan and sec to sin and cos.

This should be easy to finish.

Is it okay? :)