Prove that sqrt((1-cosx)/(1+cosx)) -= (1-cosx)/(|sinx|) ?
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Feb 14, 2018
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Explanation:
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Feb 14, 2018
We seek to prove that:
sqrt((1-cosx)/(1+cosx)) -= (1-cosx)/(|sinx|)
Consider the RHS:
RHS = (1-cosx)/(|sinx|)
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = sqrt( ((1-cosx)/(|sinx|))^2 )
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = sqrt( (1-cosx)^2/(sin^2x) )
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = sqrt( (1-cosx)^2/(1-cos^2x) )
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = sqrt( (1-cosx)^2/((1+cosx)(1-cosx) )
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = sqrt( (1-cosx)/(1+cosx) )
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = LHS \ \ \ \ QED