Monday, October 14, 2013

Proving Trig Identity

2 things to remember
  1. sin q and cosq are base trigs
  2. sin2 q + cos2 q = 1
Must know trigs in terms of base

tan q = sinq

             cosq

cot q = cosq          

             sinq

sec q = __1_

             cosq

csc q = __1__

             sinq
 
Prove the identity
 
       1         -  sin q  = cot q  cos q                             
   sin  q                                                                                     
Prove the identity
                            sin 2q           =   tan q
1 + cos2q 
 
Prove the following
1.    sec2x + cosec2x = sec2x cosec2x
2.    sec x cot x = cosec x
3.    cos2x__    = 1 + sin x
1 – sin x
4.    sin x + sin x cos2x = cosec x
5.    sin x cos x tan x = 1 – cos2x
6.    tan x + cot x = sec x cosec x
7.    1 + cos x        = sin x___
sin x                    1 – cos x
                   

8 comments:

  1. 1. let theta= X {}= explanation

    1/sin X - sin X = cot X . cos X
    RHS

    sin^2 X + Cos^2 X /sin X - sin X/1 {lcm found}

    sin^2 X + Cos^2 X - sin^2 X / sin X {sin^2-Sin^2)

    cos^2 X / Sin X {rewritten in a different exponent form}

    Cos X/sin X * cos X/1 {cos/sin= cot, cos/1= cos}

    cot X*cosX = CotX*CosX

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  2. 1. let theta= x []= explanation

    1/sin x - sin x = cot x . cos x
    lhs

    cot x .cos x

    cos x/sin x . cos x/1 [break cot into its roots]

    cos^2 x/sin x [multiply cos.cos}

    1 - sin^2 x/sin x
    [from Pythagoras theorem sin^2 + cos^2 = 1
    make cos^ 2the subject: cos^2= 1-sin^2 ,plug into expression]

    1/sin x - sin^2x/sin x rewrite the expression

    1/sin x - sin x = 1/sin x - sin x [ (sin^2x/sin x) cancels to make (sin x ) ]

    1/sin x - sin x = 1/sin x - sin x <----- ans

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  3. sec x.cot x = cosec x

    1/cos [x] . 1/tan [x]

    1/cos [x] . cos [x] / sin [x]

    1/sin [x] = cosec x

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  4. 5.
    sin x.cos x .tan x=1 - cos^2
    lhs

    sin x/1 . cos x/1 . sin x/cos x

    sin^2 x/1

    1- cos^2 x = 1-cos^2 x

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  5. if sec^2x+cosec^2x= sec^2xcosec^2x then how to start from on the right if there is no way to put any brackets. example: Cot^2 theta= cos^2 theta+(cot theta cos theta)^2.

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  7. LHS
    Since secx= 1/cosx and csec x = 1/sinx
    then ---> sec^2 x+ cosec^2 x= 1/cos^2 x + 1/sin^2 x
    = (sec^2 x + cos^2 x)/(sin^2 x)(cos^2 x)
    =1/(sin^2 X*cos^2 X) `````sin^2 X+cos^2 X=1``````
    =(sec^2 X)*(cosec^2 X)
    =R.H.S

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