Prove the Identity : \[ \frac{(1+\cot x+\tan x)(\sin x-\cos x)} {\sec^3 x-\cosec^3 x} = \sin^2 x\cos^2 x \] Solution: \[ \frac{\left(1+\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}+\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}\right) (\sin x-\cos x)} {\frac{1}{\cos^3 x}-\frac{1}{\sin^3 x}} \] \[ = \frac{ \left( \frac{\sin x\cos x+\cos^2 x+\sin^2 x} {\sin x\cos x} \right) (\sin x-\cos x) } { \frac{\sin^3 x-\cos^3 x} {\sin^3 x\cos^3 […]
Prove the Identity : \[ (1+\tan\alpha\tan\beta)^2 + (\tan\alpha-\tan\beta)^2 = \sec^2\alpha\sec^2\beta \] Solution: \[ (1+\tan\alpha\tan\beta)^2 + (\tan\alpha-\tan\beta)^2 \] \[ = 1+\tan^2\alpha\tan^2\beta +2\tan\alpha\tan\beta \] \[ + \tan^2\alpha+\tan^2\beta -2\tan\alpha\tan\beta \] \[ = 1+\tan^2\alpha+\tan^2\beta +\tan^2\alpha\tan^2\beta \] \[ = (1+\tan^2\alpha)(1+\tan^2\beta) \] \[ = \sec^2\alpha\sec^2\beta \] Hence proved. Next Question / Full Exercise
Prove the following identity : (1 + tan α tan β)^2 + (tan α – tan β)^2 = sec^2 α sec^2 β Read More »
Prove the Identity : \[ \left( \frac{1}{\sec^2 x-\cos^2 x} + \frac{1}{\cosec^2 x-\sin^2 x} \right) \sin^2 x\cos^2 x = \frac{1-\sin^2 x\cos^2 x} {2+\sin^2 x\cos^2 x} \] Solution: \[ \left( \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\cos^2 x}-\cos^2 x} + \frac{1}{\frac{1}{\sin^2 x}-\sin^2 x} \right) \sin^2 x\cos^2 x \] \[ = \left( \frac{\cos^2 x}{1-\cos^4 x} + \frac{\sin^2 x}{1-\sin^4 x} \right) \sin^2 x\cos^2 x \]
Prove the Identity : \[ 1-\frac{\sin^2 x}{1+\cot x}-\frac{\cos^2 x}{1+\tan x} = \sin x\cos x \] Solution: \[ 1-\frac{\sin^2 x}{1+\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}} -\frac{\cos^2 x}{1+\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}} \] \[ = 1-\frac{\sin^3 x}{\sin x+\cos x} -\frac{\cos^3 x}{\sin x+\cos x} \] \[ = 1-\frac{\sin^3 x+\cos^3 x}{\sin x+\cos x} \] \[ = 1- \frac{(\sin x+\cos x)(\sin^2 x-\sin x\cos x+\cos^2 x)}
Prove the Identity : \[ \frac{\tan^3 x}{1+\tan^2 x} + \frac{\cot^3 x}{1+\cot^2 x} = \frac{1-2\sin^2 x\cos^2 x}{\sin x\cos x} \] Solution: \[ \frac{\tan^3 x}{1+\tan^2 x} + \frac{\cot^3 x}{1+\cot^2 x} \] Using \[ 1+\tan^2 x=\sec^2 x \quad \text{and} \quad 1+\cot^2 x=\cosec^2 x \] \[ = \frac{\tan^3 x}{\sec^2 x} + \frac{\cot^3 x}{\cosec^2 x} \] \[ = \frac{\sin^3 x}{\cos
Prove the Identity : \[ \frac{\cos x}{1-\sin x} = \frac{1+\cos x+\sin x}{1+\cos x-\sin x} \] Solution: \[ \frac{\cos x}{1-\sin x} \] \[ = \frac{\cos x(1+\sin x)}{(1-\sin x)(1+\sin x)} \] \[ = \frac{\cos x(1+\sin x)}{1-\sin^2 x} \] \[ = \frac{\cos x(1+\sin x)}{\cos^2 x} \] \[ = \frac{1+\sin x}{\cos x} \] \[ = \frac{(1+\sin x)(1+\cos x)} {\cos
Prove the Identity : \[ (\sec x\sec y+\tan x\tan y)^2 – (\sec x\tan y+\tan x\sec y)^2 =1 \] Solution: \[ =(\sec x\sec y+\tan x\tan y+\sec x\tan y+\tan x\sec y) \] \[ \times (\sec x\sec y+\tan x\tan y-\sec x\tan y-\tan x\sec y) \] \[ = (\sec x+\tan x)(\sec y+\tan y) \] \[ \times (\sec x-\tan x)(\sec
Prove the Identity : \[ \frac{\sin^3 x+\cos^3 x}{\sin x+\cos x} + \frac{\sin^3 x-\cos^3 x}{\sin x-\cos x} =2 \] Solution: \[ \frac{(\sin x+\cos x)(\sin^2 x-\sin x\cos x+\cos^2 x)} {\sin x+\cos x} \] \[ + \frac{(\sin x-\cos x)(\sin^2 x+\sin x\cos x+\cos^2 x)} {\sin x-\cos x} \] \[ = \sin^2 x-\sin x\cos x+\cos^2 x \] \[ + \sin^2
Prove the Identity : \[ \frac{\tan x}{1-\cot x}+\frac{\cot x}{1-\tan x} = \sec x\cosec x+1 \] Solution: \[ \frac{\tan x}{1-\cot x}+\frac{\cot x}{1-\tan x} \] \[ = \frac{\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}} {1-\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}} + \frac{\frac{\cos x}{\sin x}} {1-\frac{\sin x}{\cos x}} \] \[ = \frac{\sin^2 x}{\cos x(\sin x-\cos x)} + \frac{\cos^2 x}{\sin x(\cos x-\sin x)} \] \[ =
Prove the Identity : \[ \frac{1-\sin x\cos x}{\cos x(\sec x-\cosec x)} \cdot \frac{\sin^2 x-\cos^2 x}{\sin^3 x+\cos^3 x} = \sin x \] Solution: \[ \frac{1-\sin x\cos x}{\cos x\left(\frac{1}{\cos x}-\frac{1}{\sin x}\right)} \cdot \frac{\sin^2 x-\cos^2 x}{\sin^3 x+\cos^3 x} \] \[ = \frac{1-\sin x\cos x}{\frac{\sin x-\cos x}{\sin x}} \cdot \frac{(\sin x-\cos x)(\sin x+\cos x)} {(\sin x+\cos x)(\sin^2 x-\sin x\cos