honeybear101
Oct 7, 2010, 07:33 PM
I'm having trouble solving this problem...
sec(x+y)=sec(x)sec(y)/1-tan(x)tan(y)
Unknown008
Oct 8, 2010, 12:33 AM
What is sec(x+y) ?
Convert into cos:
sec(x+y) = \frac{1}{cos(x+y)}
Then, apply the compound angle formula:
cos(x+y) = cos(x)cos(y) - sin(x)sin(y)
Replace that in the previous expression:
\frac{1}{cos(x+y)} = \frac{1}{cos(x)cos(y) - sin(x)sin(y)}
Now, use something similar to rationalisation, but with a specific function.
\frac{1}{cos(x)cos(y) - sin(x)sin(y)} = \frac{1}{cos(x)cos(y) - sin(x)sin(y)} \times \frac{\frac{1}{cos(x)cos(y)}}{\frac{1}{cos(x)cos(y )}}
Let's see where it goes.