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Trigonometry Examples
Step 1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 4.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 4.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.1
Multiply the numerator and denominator of by the conjugate of to make the denominator real.
Step 4.3.1.2
Multiply.
Step 4.3.1.2.1
Combine.
Step 4.3.1.2.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.3.1.2.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.3
Multiply .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.3.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.3.1.2.2.3.4
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.4
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.2.2.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.2.4.3
Move to the left of .
Step 4.3.1.2.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2
Simplify.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.7
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.8
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.9
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.2.10
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.3
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.2.3.3.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.2.3.4
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.4
Multiply the numerator and denominator of by the conjugate of to make the denominator real.
Step 4.3.1.5
Multiply.
Step 4.3.1.5.1
Combine.
Step 4.3.1.5.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.3.1.5.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.3
Multiply .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.3.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.3.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.3.1.5.2.3.5
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.4
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.5.2.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.2.5
Reorder and .
Step 4.3.1.5.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2
Simplify.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.7
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.8
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.9
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.2.10
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.3
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.5.3.3.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.5.3.4
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.6
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.3.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.6.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.3.1.6.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.6.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.3.1.6.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3.1.7
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 4.3.1.8
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.8.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3.1.8.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3.1.9
Multiply the numerator and denominator of by the conjugate of to make the denominator real.
Step 4.3.1.10
Multiply.
Step 4.3.1.10.1
Combine.
Step 4.3.1.10.2
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.3.1.10.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.10.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.10.2.3
Reorder factors in .
Step 4.3.1.10.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2
Simplify.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.7
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.8
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.9
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.2.10
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.3
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.10.3.3.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.1.10.3.4
Add and .
Step 4.3.1.11
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.11.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.3.1.11.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.11.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.11.4
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.3.3
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.3.2
Move to the left of .
Step 4.3.3.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.4
Add and .
Step 4.3.4.1
Reorder and .
Step 4.3.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.3.5
Simplify terms.
Step 4.3.5.1
Add and .
Step 4.3.5.2
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.5.2.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.3.5.2.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.5.2.2
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 4.3.5.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2.2.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 4.3.5.2.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.5.2.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.3.5.2.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3.5.2.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3.5.2.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3.5.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.3.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.3.6.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.6.2
Move to the left of .
Step 4.3.7
Simplify terms.
Step 4.3.7.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.3.7.2
Reorder factors in .
Step 4.3.7.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.7.4
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.7.5
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.7.6
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.7.7
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.7.8
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.7.9
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.7.10
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.3.7.10.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3.7.10.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.