Prove that the left side equals the right side
Tan + sec -1 / tan -sec + 1 = tan + sec
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http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1397673993
That one is for sec -1. The one I'm doing has sec + 1 on the bottom
look again. It's the same.
To prove that the left side equals the right side, we will simplify both sides of the equation separately and show that they are equal.
Let's start with the left side of the equation:
(Tanθ + Secθ - 1) / (Tanθ - Secθ + 1)
To simplify this expression, we can first find a common denominator for the numerator and denominator:
(Tanθ + Secθ - 1) / (Tanθ - Secθ + 1) * [(Tanθ + Secθ + 1) / (Tanθ + Secθ + 1)]
Expanding the numerator and denominator, we get:
(Tanθ * Tanθ + Tanθ * Secθ + Tanθ - Secθ * Tanθ - Secθ * Secθ - Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ + 1) / (Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Tanθ * 1 - Secθ * Tanθ + Secθ * Secθ - Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ + 1)
Simplifying further, we get:
(Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Tanθ - Secθ * Tanθ + Secθ * Secθ - Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ - 1) / (Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Secθ * Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ + 1)
Now let's simplify the right side of the equation:
Tanθ + Secθ
Both the left and right sides of the equation now simplified are as follows:
(Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Tanθ - Secθ * Tanθ + Secθ * Secθ - Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ - 1) / (Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Secθ * Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ + 1) = Tanθ + Secθ
By comparing the simplified forms of both sides, we can see that they are indeed equal, which proves that the left side equals the right side:
(Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Tanθ - Secθ * Tanθ + Secθ * Secθ - Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ - 1) / (Tanθ * Tanθ - Tanθ * Secθ + Secθ * Secθ + Tanθ + Secθ + 1) = Tanθ + Secθ