Question #0b5d8

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Dec 5, 2017

Proof below

Explanation:

First know these three identities:
sin2x=2sinxcosx
cos2x=cos2xsin2x
sin2x+cos2x=1

First, we change the sin2x and cos2x
1sin2xcos2x=12sinxcosxcos2xsin2x

Now this part may be hard to see, but you need to split the 1 in the numerator using the third identity
=cos2x+sin2x2sinxcosxcos2xsin2x

Rearrange to look more like the expansion of a square
=cos2x2sinxcosx+sin2xcos2xsin2x

Factorise the numerator, while using the difference two swaures the factor the denominator
=(cosxsinx)2(cosxsinx)(cosx+sinx)

Cancel like terms:
=cosxsinxcosx+sinx

And we're done