Trigonometry Examples

$\frac{\csc (x)}{\cot (x)} = \sec (x)$

Step 1

Start on the left side.

$\frac{\csc (x)}{\cot (x)}$

Step 2

Convert to sines and cosines.

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Step 2.1

Apply the reciprocal identity to $\csc (x)$ .

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

Step 2.2

Write $\cot (x)$ in sines and cosines using the quotient identity.

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

Step 3

Simplify.

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Step 3.1

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

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

Step 3.2

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

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

Step 4

Rewrite $\frac{1}{\cos (x)}$ as $\sec (x)$ .

$\sec (x)$

Step 5

Because the two sides have been shown to be equivalent, the equation is an identity.

$\frac{\csc (x)}{\cot (x)} = \sec (x)$ is an identity