Question #b1fa7

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Mar 3, 2017

LHS=1 / (1- cos x) - cos x / (1 + cos x)LHS=11cosxcosx1+cosx

=(1 +cos x- cos x(1-cosx)) / ((1-cosx)(1 + cos x))=1+cosxcosx(1cosx)(1cosx)(1+cosx)

=(1 +cos x- cos x+cos^2x) / (1-cos^2x)=1+cosxcosx+cos2x1cos2x

=(1 +1-sin^2x) / sin^2x=1+1sin2xsin2x

=2/sin^2x-sin^2x/ sin^2x=2sin2xsin2xsin2x

=2csc^2x-1=2csc2x1