Precalculus Examples

$\sin (x) \cdot \tan (x) + \cos (x) = \sec (x)$

Step 1

Simplify the left side.

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Step 1.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1.1

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

$\frac{\sin (x) \sin (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) = \sec (x)$

Step 1.1.2

Multiply $\sin (x) \frac{\sin (x)}{\cos (x)}$ .

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Step 1.1.2.1

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

$\frac{\sin^{1} (x) \sin (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) = \sec (x)$

Step 1.1.2.2

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

$\frac{\sin^{1} (x) \sin^{1} (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) = \sec (x)$

Step 1.1.2.3

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

$\frac{{\sin (x)}^{1 + 1}}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) = \sec (x)$

Step 1.1.2.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) = \sec (x)$

Step 2

Simplify the right side.

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Step 2.1

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

$\frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) = \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 3

Multiply both sides of the equation by $\cos (x)$ .

$\cos (x) (\frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x)) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 4

Apply the distributive property.

$\cos (x) \frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) \cos (x) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 5

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

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Step 5.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\cos (x) \frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos (x)} + \cos (x) \cos (x) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 5.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\sin^{2} (x) + \cos (x) \cos (x) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 6

Multiply $\cos (x) \cos (x)$ .

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Step 6.1

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

$\sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{1} (x) \cos (x) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 6.2

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

$\sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{1} (x) \cos^{1} (x) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 6.3

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

$\sin^{2} (x) + {\cos (x)}^{1 + 1} = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 6.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sin^{2} (x) + \cos^{2} (x) = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 7

Apply pythagorean identity.

$1 = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 8

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

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Step 8.1

Cancel the common factor.

$1 = \cos (x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}$

Step 8.2

Rewrite the expression.

$1 = 1$

Step 9

Since $1 = 1$ , the equation will always be true for any value of $x$ .

All real numbers

Step 10

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

All real numbers

Interval Notation:

$(- \infty, \infty)$