Skill Practice Verifying Trigonometric Identities
Skill Practice Verifying Trigonometric Identities
tan x
1) sec 2 x − 1 =
cot x
1
tan 2 x Use cot x =
tan x
tan x
■
cot x
( )
2
cos x
−sin 2 x ⋅ Simplify
sin x
−cos 2 x ■
csc 2 x + cos 2 x
Decompose into sine and cosine
csc 2 x
( )
2
1
+ cos 2 x
sin x
Simplify
( )
2
1
sin x
1 + cos 2 xsin 2 x ■
( )
2
cos x
⋅ sin 2 x Simplify
sin x
cos 2 x ■
( )
tan 2 x 2
Decompose into sine and cosine 1
2
sin x sin x
( )
2
cos x
( )
2
sin x
sin x
cos x Simplify
2
sin x 1
cos 2 x
1
■
cos 2 x sec 2 x
1 + tan 2 x
1 + cot 2 x cot x
7) =
tan x sin 2 x
1 + cot 2 x
Use cot 2 x + 1 = csc 2 x
tan x
csc 2 x 1
Use csc x =
tan x sin x
1 1
Use cot x =
2
sin xtan x tan x
cot x
■
sin 2 x
1 1 sin x
+ ⋅ Simplify
sin x cos x cos x
cos 2 x + sin 2 x
Use sin 2 x + cos 2 x = 1
2
sin xcos x
1
2
■
cos xsin x
cos 2 x + sin 2 x
9) cos 2 xtan 2 x =
csc 2 x
sin x
cos 2 xtan 2 x Use tan x =
cos x
cos 2 xsin 2 x
Cancel common factors
cos 2 x
cos 2 x + sin 2 x
■
csc 2 x
1 1
Use sec x =
sec x 2 cos x
cot 2 xcos 2 x 1
Use cot x =
cot x 2 tan x
1
+ cos x
cos x
Simplify
1
cos x
cos 2 x + 1 ■
1
14) = cos x
cos xsec 2 x
1
Decompose into sine and cosine
cos xsec 2 x
( )
2 Simplify
1
cos x ⋅
cos x
cos x ■