How do you simplify tan^2x*csc^2x?

1 Answer
Sep 20, 2015

According to the following rules:

tanx = sinx/(cosx)

cscx= 1/sinx

I found

sec^2 x

Explanation:

tan^2x . csc^2x

sin^2x/(cos^2x) . 1/ (sin^2x) = 1/cos^2x = sec^2x

Or using the rule : sin^2x + cos^2x = 1

you can rearrange it like:

1/(sin^2x) = (sin^2x + cos^2x) / sin^2x

= sin^2x/sin^2x +cos^2x/sin^2x

= 1 + tan^2x