Question #781b9

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Nov 29, 2016

We will use the following:

  • cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x)
  • csc(x) = 1/sin(x)
  • sin^2(x)+cos^2(x) = 1
    => cos^2(x) = 1-sin^2(x)
  • a^2-b^2 = (a+b)(a-b)

cot^2(x)/(1+csc(x)) = (cos(x)/sin(x))^2/(1+1/sin(x))

=(cos^2(x)/sin^2(x))/(1+1/sin(x))

=cos^2(x)/(sin^2(x)+sin(x))

=(1-sin^2(x))/(sin(x)(1+sin(x)))

=((1+sin(x))(1-sin(x)))/(sin(x)(1+sin(x)))

=(1-sin(x))/sin(x)