How do you simplify $({sec}^{2} x) - ({tan}^{2} x)$ $(sec^2x) - (tan^2x)$ ?

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How do you simplify $({sec}^{2} x) - ({tan}^{2} x)$ $(sec^2x) - (tan^2x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-03T02:36:23

${sec}^{2} x - {tan}^{2} x = 1$ $sec^2 x - tan^2 x = 1$

Explanation:

Note that:

${sin}^{2} x + {cos}^{2} x = 1$ $sin^2 x + cos^2 x = 1$

Hence:

${cos}^{2} x = 1 - {sin}^{2} x$ $cos^2 x = 1 - sin^2 x$

and we find:

${sec}^{2} x - {tan}^{2} x = \frac{1}{{cos}^{2} x} - \frac{{sin}^{2} x}{{cos}^{2} x}$ $sec^2 x - tan^2 x = 1/cos^2 x - sin^2 x/cos^2 x$

${sec}^{2} x - {tan}^{2} x = \frac{1 - {sin}^{2} x}{{cos}^{2} x}$ $color(white)(sec^2 x - tan^2 x) = (1 - sin^2 x)/cos^2 x$

${sec}^{2} x - {tan}^{2} x = \frac{{cos}^{2} x}{{cos}^{2} x}$ $color(white)(sec^2 x - tan^2 x) = cos^2 x/cos^2 x$

${sec}^{2} x - {tan}^{2} x = 1$ $color(white)(sec^2 x - tan^2 x) = 1$

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