Algebra Examples

$\frac{\tan (\frac{π}{3})}{2} + \frac{1}{\sec (\frac{π}{6})}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

The exact value of $\tan (\frac{π}{3})$ is $\sqrt{3}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \frac{1}{\sec (\frac{π}{6})}$

Step 1.2

Rewrite $\sec (\frac{π}{6})$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\cos (\frac{π}{6})}}$

Step 1.3

Multiply by the reciprocal of the fraction to divide by $\frac{1}{\cos (\frac{π}{6})}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + 1 \cos (\frac{π}{6})$

Step 1.4

Multiply $\cos (\frac{π}{6})$ by $1$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \cos (\frac{π}{6})$

Step 1.5

The exact value of $\cos (\frac{π}{6})$ is $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$ .

$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$

Step 2

Simplify terms.

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Step 2.1

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{\sqrt{3} + \sqrt{3}}{2}$

Step 2.2

Add $\sqrt{3}$ and $\sqrt{3}$ .

$\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{2}$

Step 2.3

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

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Step 2.3.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 \sqrt{3}}{2}$

Step 2.3.2

Divide $\sqrt{3}$ by $1$ .

$\sqrt{3}$

Step 3

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$\sqrt{3}$

Decimal Form:

$1.73205080 \dots$