cot^2(X) + cos^2(X)+sin^2(X)= csc^2(X)
My answer that I keep coming up with is cos^2(x), not its reciprical. What am I doing wrong?
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cot^2(X) + cos^2(X)+sin^2(X)= csc^2(X)
My answer that I keep coming up with is cos^2(x), not its reciprical. What am I doing wrong?
cot^2 = 1/tan^2
tan = sin/cos
therefore, 1/tan = cos/sin
cot^2 = cos^2/sin^2
also
csc = 1/sin
so csc^2 = 1/sin^2
with those identities...
cos^2/sin^2 + cos^2 + sin^2 = 1/sin^2
multiply all by sin^2
cos^2 + cos^2sin^2 + sin^4 = 1
"undistribute" the sin^2
sin^2(sin^2 + cos^2) + cos^2 = 1
I'm sure you can take it from here.
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