Question

I can't solve this trig equation, can somebody help.
sec(x)-tan(x)=sqr3/3

Answer 1

\[\sec(x)-\tan(x)=\frac{ \sqrt{3} }{ 3 }\]

Answer 2

@IMStuck

Answer 3

give me one sec ok? I will work on it while I help this other person get through his dilemmma then I will be here, ok?

Answer 4

Yeah no problem

Answer 5

i'm here...working on it now...

Answer 6

what exactly are you doing with this? Proving that the left side equals the right side?

Answer 7

no the book says to solve the trigonometry equation.

Answer 8

using trig identities

Answer 9

I am not finding any way in which to get this to a quadratic type of equation to solve. I get this when I use the identities:\[\frac{ 1-\sin(x) }{ \cos(x) }=\frac{ \sqrt{3} }{ 3 }\]And you need to get the sin and the cos to be either one trig function or the other. There is no identity to use that combines a single sin and a single cos into one trig function. Not so far as I know, at least. Are you sure you didn't omit a ^2 in there or something?

Answer 10

No, i have tried too and i don't know to what trig identity to relate it to.

Answer 11

In one of the examples of the book it says to make it equal to zero.