Question

topic: PROVING IDENTITIES - help me please (SEE COMMENTS)
(trigonometry)

Answer 1

[(2+csc x)/(sec x)] - 2 csc x = cot x

Answer 2

@SolomonZelman
help again

Answer 3

Did you try putting things in terms of sine and cosine? Also, you probably need to get things over a common denominator.

Answer 4

i'm really sorry but i dont really know how to start this

i tried once but i failed @e.mccormick

Answer 5

Well, what did you try?

Answer 6

it's wrong anyway @e.mccormick

and i didnt finish it
all i did was split up the fractions

Answer 7

so help???

Answer 8

If you think about it for a second,
\(\cot = \dfrac{\cos}{\sin} = \dfrac{\csc}{\sec} \)

So if you move towards either of those forms, you are getting the answer. That means getting things into one fraction, not breaking them up.

Answer 9

convert the terms to sin and cos
and simplify left hand side is one way to do it

Answer 10

right hand side = cos x / sin x

simplify LHS to get the same

Answer 11

how'd you do that?

i'm really sorry. i'm new to this topic

Answer 12

@e.mccormick

Answer 13

@cwrw238