Basic Math Examples

$\frac{\sec (u) - \cos (u)}{\sec (u)}$

Step 1

Rewrite $\sec (u)$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$\frac{\frac{1}{\cos (u)} - \cos (u)}{\sec (u)}$

Step 2

Rewrite $\sec (u)$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$\frac{\frac{1}{\cos (u)} - \cos (u)}{\frac{1}{\cos (u)}}$

Step 3

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$(\frac{1}{\cos (u)} - \cos (u)) \cos (u)$

Step 4

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{1}{\cos (u)} \cos (u) - \cos (u) \cos (u)$

Step 5

Cancel the common factor of $\cos (u)$ .

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Step 5.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{1}{\cos (u)} \cos (u) - \cos (u) \cos (u)$

Step 5.2

Rewrite the expression.

$1 - \cos (u) \cos (u)$

Step 6

Multiply $- \cos (u) \cos (u)$ .

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Step 6.1

Raise $\cos (u)$ to the power of $1$ .

$1 - (\cos^{1} (u) \cos (u))$

Step 6.2

Raise $\cos (u)$ to the power of $1$ .

$1 - (\cos^{1} (u) \cos^{1} (u))$

Step 6.3

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

$1 - {\cos (u)}^{1 + 1}$

Step 6.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$1 - \cos^{2} (u)$

Step 7

Apply pythagorean identity.

$\sin^{2} (u)$