Sunday, September 15, 2013

Prove that (cosx-sinx+1)/(cosx+sinx-1)=cosecx+cotx

We'll manage the left side and we'll factorize both,
numerator and denominator by sin x:


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


We'll simplify
and we'll replace the fraction cos x/sin x by cot x:


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


We'll manage the right
side:


cosec x = 1/sin x


cosec
x + cot x = 1/sin x + cot x


Therefore, the left side, can
be re-written:


(cot x - 1 + cosec x)/(cot x + 1 - cosec
x)


We'll have to prove:


(cot x
- 1 + cosec x)/(cot x + 1 - cosec x) = cosec x + cot
x


We'll multiply both numerator and denominator by (cot x +
1 - cosec x):


(cot x + 1 - cosec x)(cot x - 1 + cosec
x)/(cot x + 1 - cosec x)^2= cosec x + cot x


[(cot x)^2 -
(1-cosec x)^2]/(cot x + 1 - cosec x)^2= cosec x + cot x


But
(cot x)^2 = (cosec x)^2 - 1


[(cosec x)^2 - 1 - 1 + 2cosec x
- (cosec x)^2]/[(cot x + 1)^2 - 2cosec x*(cot x + 1) + (cosec
x)^2]


(2cosec x - 2)/[2(cosec x)^2 + 2cot x - 2cosec x*cot
x - 2cosec x]


2(cosec x - 1)/2[cosec x*(cosec x - 1) - cot
x(cosec x - 1) ]


(cosec x - 1)/(cosec x - 1)(cosec x- cot
x)


Now, we'll re-write the identity to be
demonstrated


1/(cosec x- cot x) =
cosecx+cotx


1 = (cosec x- cot x)
(cosecx+cotx)


1 = (cosec x)^2 - (cot
x)^2


But (cosec x)^2 = 1 + (cot
x)^2


Therefore, the given idenity is verified
using the formula (cosec x)^2 = 1 + (cot x)^2.

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