Question #4d51c Trigonometry Trigonometric Identities and Equations Proving Identities 2 Answers P dilip_k Jul 21, 2016 LHS=sinx(1+tanx)+cosx(1+cotx) =sinx(1+tanx)+cosx(1+1/tanx) =sinx(1+tanx)+cosx((1+tanx)/tanx) =(1+tanx)(sinx+cosx/tanx) =(1+tanx)(sinx+cosx/(sinx/cosx)) =(1+tanx)(sinx+cos^2x/sinx) =(1+tanx)((sin^2x+cos^2x)/sinx) =(1+tanx)/sinx =1/sinx+cancel(sinx)/cosx*1/cancel(sinx) =cscx+secx=RHS Proved Answer link P dilip_k Jul 21, 2016 LHS=sinx(1+tanx)+cosx(1+cotx) =sinx+(sinx*sinx)/cosx+cosx+(cosx*cosx)/sinx =sinx+sin^2x/cosx+cosx+cos^2x/sinx =sinx+(1-cos^2x)/cosx+cosx+(1-sin^2x)/sinx =sinx+1/cosx-cos^2x/cosx+cosx+1/sinx-sin^2x/sinx =cancelsinx+secx-cancelcosx+cancelcosx+cscx-cancelsinx secx+cscx=RHS Answer link Related questions What does it mean to prove a trigonometric identity? How do you prove \csc \theta \times \tan \theta = \sec \theta? How do you prove (1-\cos^2 x)(1+\cot^2 x) = 1? How do you show that 2 \sin x \cos x = \sin 2x? is true for (5pi)/6? How do you prove that sec xcot x = csc x? How do you prove that cos 2x(1 + tan 2x) = 1? How do you prove that (2sinx)/[secx(cos4x-sin4x)]=tan2x? How do you verify the identity: -cotx =(sin3x+sinx)/(cos3x-cosx)? How do you prove that (tanx+cosx)/(1+sinx)=secx? How do you prove the identity (sinx - cosx)/(sinx + cosx) = (2sin^2x-1)/(1+2sinxcosx)? See all questions in Proving Identities Impact of this question 2393 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License