Algebra Examples

$\sin (θ) - \sin (θ) \tan (θ)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Rewrite $\tan (θ)$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$\sin (θ) - \sin (θ) \frac{\sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- \sin (θ) \frac{\sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$ .

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Step 1.2.1

Combine $\frac{\sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$ and $\sin (θ)$ .

$\sin (θ) - \frac{\sin (θ) \sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 1.2.2

Raise $\sin (θ)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sin (θ) - \frac{\sin^{1} (θ) \sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 1.2.3

Raise $\sin (θ)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sin (θ) - \frac{\sin^{1} (θ) \sin^{1} (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 1.2.4

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\sin (θ) - \frac{{\sin (θ)}^{1 + 1}}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 1.2.5

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sin (θ) - \frac{\sin^{2} (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 2

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.1

Factor $\sin (θ)$ out of $\sin^{2} (θ)$ .

$\sin (θ) - \frac{\sin (θ) \sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$

Step 2.2

Separate fractions.

$\sin (θ) - (\frac{\sin (θ)}{1} \cdot \frac{\sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)})$

Step 2.3

Convert from $\frac{\sin (θ)}{\cos (θ)}$ to $\tan (θ)$ .

$\sin (θ) - (\frac{\sin (θ)}{1} \tan (θ))$

Step 2.4

Divide $\sin (θ)$ by $1$ .

$\sin (θ) - \sin (θ) \tan (θ)$