Trigonometry Examples

$\sin (x) + \cos (x) \cdot \cot (x)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

Tap for more steps...

Step 1.1

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

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

Step 1.2

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

Tap for more steps...

Step 1.2.1

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

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

Step 1.2.2

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

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

Step 1.2.3

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

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

Step 1.2.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

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

Step 2

Simplify each term.

Tap for more steps...

Step 2.1

Factor $\cos (x)$ out of $\cos^{2} (x)$ .

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

Step 2.2

Separate fractions.

$\sin (x) + \frac{\cos (x)}{1} \cdot \frac{\cos (x)}{\sin (x)}$

Step 2.3

Convert from $\frac{\cos (x)}{\sin (x)}$ to $\cot (x)$ .

$\sin (x) + \frac{\cos (x)}{1} \cot (x)$

Step 2.4

Divide $\cos (x)$ by $1$ .

$\sin (x) + \cos (x) \cot (x)$