# Preclaculus Help Another

cot(40) - ((sin(50))/(sin(40)) = ?

I thought the answer might be 0, but I'm not quite sure.

please provide steps, too.

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1. cos(40)/sin(40) - sin(50)/sin(40) = sin(90-40)/sin(40) - sin(50)/sin(40) = 0

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