C3 Trig Identities
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C3 Trig Identities
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7B) Unsure on the last stage of this question as I'm left with:
-2cosec^2x/-cot^2x=50
to get to Sec^2x=25
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Re: C3 Trig Identities
cosec^2x = 1 + cot^2x
so you have -2(1+cot^2x)/-cot^2x=50
You can get rid of the negatives as they are on both the top and bottom
2((sin^2x+cos^2x)/sin^2x)/cot^2x=50
2(1/sin^2x)/cos^2x/sin^2x=50
The sin^2x cancel out to give you:
2 x1/cos^2x=50
therefore... 2sec^2x=50
sec^2x=25
Hope that makes sense
EDIT: You could also go from
2cosec^2x/cot^2x to 2(1/sin^2x)/cos^2x/sin^2xLast edited by JustAbi; 25-05-2012 at 17:57.
