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OpenStudy (anonymous):

sin(x)= Tan(x)/Sec(x) need help with Trig identity

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

well you are dividing by a fraction on the right hand side... so flip and multiply. You aslo need to use tan = sin/cos \[\frac{\tan(x)}{\sec(x)} = \frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)} \div \frac{1}{\cos(x)} = \frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)} \times \frac{\cos(x)}{1}\] hope this helps

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

\(\bf \cfrac{tan(x)}{sec(x)}\implies \cfrac{\frac{sin(x)}{cos(x)}}{\frac{1}{cos(x)}}\) see campbell_st 's line above

OpenStudy (haseeb96):

sinx =tanx \ secx tanx =sinx \cos x and secx =1\cosx \[sinx=\frac{ sinx }{ cosx } \times \cos x \] sinx =sinx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oooh ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks guys

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i see where i messed up, i thought tan(x)=cos(x)/sin(x)

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

yw

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