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Feroking
Jan 17, 2011, 05:47 AM
ALso by any chance can you help me solve 1+sec^2xsin^2x=2x

tickle
Jan 17, 2011, 05:52 AM
We have strict forum basics for assisting with homework questions. Sorry, but we can't help you solve your problem.

Tick

jcaron2
Jan 17, 2011, 07:23 AM
As Tickle said, you really should ask this on the "education" forum.

Nevertheless, I can provide a little bit of guidance:

Keep in mind that it's easy to factor the difference of two squares (a^2-b^2=(a+b)(a-b). Now notice that \sin ^2 x and 1 are both perfect squares.

So once you factor the numerator, do you find any factors that cancel in the denominator?