Trig identities question (1 Viewer)

HazzRat · Jun 19, 2023

How do it do this one?

yanujw · Jun 19, 2023

Factorise the numerator as the difference of two squares and factorise the denominator by taking out cos(theta). A factor of cos theta + sin theta will divide out and the result should be obvious.

Drongoski · Jun 19, 2023

This is 2U Maths.

$\frac {cos^2\theta - sin^2 \theta}{cos^2 \theta + cos\theta sin\theta} = \frac {(cos \theta+sin\theta)(cos\theta - sin\theta)}{cos\theta (cos \theta + sin \theta)} \\ \\ = \frac {cos\theta}{cos\theta} - \frac {sin\theta}{cos\theta} = 1 - tan\theta$

Trig identities question (1 Viewer)

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