How do you verify tan^5 x = tan ^3 x sec^2 x - tan^3 xtan5x=tan3xsec2x−tan3x?
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Mar 10, 2018
Mar 10, 2018
Explanation:
"using the "color(blue)"trigonometric identity"using the trigonometric identity
•color(white)(x)1+tan^2x=sec^2x∙x1+tan2x=sec2x
"consider the left side"consider the left side
tan^5x=tan^3x xxtan^2xtan5x=tan3x×tan2x
color(white)(tan^5x)=tan^3x(sec^2x-1)tan5x=tan3x(sec2x−1)
color(white)(tan^5x)=tan^3xsec^2x-tan^3x=" right side"tan5x=tan3xsec2x−tan3x= right side