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mssteph
Feb 28, 2012, 08:28 AM
Can anyone help me verify this trigonometric identity?

csc^2xsecx = secx+cscxcotx

ebaines
Feb 28, 2012, 08:49 AM
If you convert these functions to their sine and cosine equivalents it works out pretty easily. You can combine the terms on the right hand side and simplify using the identity cos^2x + sin^2x = 1.