Monday, May 30, 2011

How to verify this identity?(sin 2x / sinx) thank you!

sin2x/sinx - cos2x/cosx =
secx


We will start from the L.H.S and prove the
identity.


We know that:


 sin2x
= 2sinx*cosx


cos2x = 2cos^2 x -
1


We will substitute in
L.H.S.


=> 2sinxcosx/sinx  - (2cos^2
x-1)/cosx


==> 2cosx - 2cos^2 x/cosx  +
1/cosx


==> 2cosx - 2cosx +
1/cosx


Reduce 2cosx


Now we
know that secx = 1/cosx


==> 1/cosx = sec
x.........R.H.S


Then the identity "(sin 2x /
sinx) - (cos 2x / cos x) = sec x" is TRUE.

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