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Verifying Identities Solutions

1. This document provides solutions to trigonometric identity verification problems. The solutions use various trigonometric identities to simplify the expressions and verify the given identities. Methods include working with left or right sides, writing in terms of sines and cosines, multiplying terms, and using Pythagorean and double-angle identities. 2. Problems are solved through algebraic manipulation and strategically applying trigonometric identities like writing expressions in terms of sines and cosines, multiplying fractions to clear denominators, and using Pythagorean and double-angle identities. 3. Additional problems from section 5.5 use double-angle and Pythagorean identities to verify the given trigonometric identities.

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Verifying Identities Solutions

1. This document provides solutions to trigonometric identity verification problems. The solutions use various trigonometric identities to simplify the expressions and verify the given identities. Methods include working with left or right sides, writing in terms of sines and cosines, multiplying terms, and using Pythagorean and double-angle identities. 2. Problems are solved through algebraic manipulation and strategically applying trigonometric identities like writing expressions in terms of sines and cosines, multiplying fractions to clear denominators, and using Pythagorean and double-angle identities. 3. Additional problems from section 5.5 use double-angle and Pythagorean identities to verify the given trigonometric identities.

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Verifying Identities Practice – Solutions (My methods in italics.

Note: There are certainly other ways to verify these.

1. 2 − sec 2 α = 1 − tan 2 α Work with the right-hand side.


(
= 1 − sec 2 θ − 1 ) (left is just as easy)
4. cos x + sin x tan x = sec x Work with the left-hand side.
= 1 − sec θ + 1
2
Use the identity sin x
= cos x + sin x ⋅ Write in terms of sine and cosine.
tan 2 α + 1 = sec 2 α cos x
= 2 − sec θ 2
cos x cos x sin x sin x
= ⋅ + ⋅ Find a common denominator.
1 cos x 1 cos x
sec θ − 1 cos 2 x sin 2 x
2. = sec θ = +
1 − cos θ Work with the left-hand side. cos x cos x
1 cos x + sin 2 x
2
−1 Write everything in terms of sine and =
= cos θ cosine. cos x
1 − cos θ 1 Pythagorean identity.
=
1 cos x
−1
cos θ cos θ Multiply by cos x to clear fractions. = sec x
= ⋅
1 − cos θ cos θ
1 − cos θ
=
(1 − cos θ ) cos θ Reduce. 5.
tan x + tan y
=
cot x + cot y Work with the left-hand side. (right
1 − tan x tan y cot x cot y − 1 is just as easy)
1
=
cos θ 1 1 Write in terms of cotangent.
+
= sec θ cot x cot y
=
1 1
1−
cot x cot y
3. sec x − cos x = sin x tan x Work with the left-hand side.
1 ⎛ 1 1 ⎞
= − cos x ⎜⎜ + ⎟⎟
cos x Write everything in terms of sine and ⎝ cot x cot y ⎠ cot x cot y
= ⋅ Multiply by cot x cot y to clear
1 cos x cosine. ⎛ 1 ⎞ cot x cot y
= − cos x ⋅ ⎜⎜1 − ⎟⎟ fractions
cos x cos x ⎝ cot x cot y ⎠
1 cos 2 x Multiply by cos x to get a common cot y + cot x
= − =
cos x cos x denominator. cot x cot y − 1
1 − cos 2 x cot x + cot y
= =
cos x cot x cot y − 1
sin 2 x Use the Pythagorean Identity.
=
cos x
sin x sin x
=
cos x
= sin x tan x
6. cos(x + y ) cos(x − y ) = cos 2 x − sin 2 y Work with the left-hand side.
= (cos x cos y − sin x sin y )(cos x cos y + sin x sin y )
Use the identities for
= cos 2 x cos 2 y − sin 2 x sin 2 y cos(x + y ) and cos(x − y ) .
( ) ( )
= cos 2 x 1 − sin 2 y − 1 − cos 2 x sin 2 y
I was stuck here for about 15
= cos x − sin y cos x − sin y + sin 2 y cos 2 x
2 2 2 2
minutes. Use the
= cos 2 x − sin 2 y Pythagorean identities
manipulated – then simplify.

Note: Problems 7 and 8 are from section 5.5.

sec 2 θ
7. sec 2θ = Work with the right-hand side.
2 − sec 2 θ
1 Write in terms of cosine
= cos 2
θ
1
2−
cos 2 θ
⎛ 1 ⎞
⎜ ⎟
⎝ cos θ ⎠
2
cos 2 θ Multiply by cos 2 θ to clear fractions.
= ⋅
⎛ 1 ⎞ cos 2 θ
⎜2 − ⎟
⎝ cos 2 θ ⎠
1
=
2 cos 2 θ − 1
1
= Use the identity cos 2θ = 2 cos 2 θ − 1
cos 2θ
= sec 2θ

8. (cos x + sin x )2 = 1 + sin 2 x Work with the left-hand side.


= cos x + 2 cos x sin x + sin x
2 2

= sin 2 x + cos 2 x + 2 sin x cos x Use the Pythagorean identity.


= 1 + 2 sin x cos x
= 1 + sin 2 x

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