Question #7efd9 Trigonometry Trigonometric Identities and Equations Proving Identities 1 Answer Bdub Feb 7, 2017 see below Explanation: Left Hand Side: (tanx-cotx)/(tan^2x-cot^2x) = (tanx-cot x)/((tanx-cotx)(tanx+cotx)) =(cancel(tanx-cot x) )/(cancel((tanx-cotx))(tanx+cotx)) =1/(tanx+cotx) =1/(sinx/cos x +cosx/sinx) =1/((sin^2x+cos^2x)/(sinx cosx) =1/(1/(sinx cosx)) =1* (sinxcosx)/1 =sinxcosx :.= Right Hand Side Answer link Related questions What does it mean to prove a trigonometric identity? How do you prove \csc \theta \times \tan \theta = \sec \theta? How do you prove (1-\cos^2 x)(1+\cot^2 x) = 1? How do you show that 2 \sin x \cos x = \sin 2x? is true for (5pi)/6? How do you prove that sec xcot x = csc x? How do you prove that cos 2x(1 + tan 2x) = 1? How do you prove that (2sinx)/[secx(cos4x-sin4x)]=tan2x? How do you verify the identity: -cotx =(sin3x+sinx)/(cos3x-cosx)? How do you prove that (tanx+cosx)/(1+sinx)=secx? How do you prove the identity (sinx - cosx)/(sinx + cosx) = (2sin^2x-1)/(1+2sinxcosx)? See all questions in Proving Identities Impact of this question 1409 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License