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OpenStudy (dtan5457):

-sin^2x+cosx^2=?

OpenStudy (misty1212):

HI!

OpenStudy (misty1212):

what are you trying to do with that?

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

Simplify as much as possible

OpenStudy (misty1212):

there is no such mathematical operation as simplify

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

"simplify" using identities, etc.

OpenStudy (misty1212):

you can add, subtract, multiply, divide, write in simplest radical form, combine like terms, distribute, etc

OpenStudy (misty1212):

you could rewrite it all in terms of sine, or in terms of cosine, but in no way would it be any "simpler"

OpenStudy (misty1212):

if it was \[\sin^2(x)+\cos^2(x)\] then it would be equal to 1, but it is not, so there is nothing you can do with it

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

"Simplify the expression" \[\frac{ \sin(-x) }{ cscx }+\frac{ \cos(-x) }{ secx }\] The original problem.

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

Is -sin^2x+cosx^2 correct?

OpenStudy (misty1212):

that is correct yes

OpenStudy (dtan5457):

thank yoou

OpenStudy (misty1212):

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