How do you verify tan^5 x = tan ^3 x sec^2 x - tan^3 xtan5x=tan3xsec2xtan3x?

2 Answers
Mar 10, 2018

RHS=tan^3x*sec^2x-tan^3xRHS=tan3xsec2xtan3x

=tan^3x(sec^2x-1)=tan^3x*tan^2x=tan^5x=LHS=tan3x(sec2x1)=tan3xtan2x=tan5x=LHS

Mar 10, 2018

"see explanation"see explanation

Explanation:

"using the "color(blue)"trigonometric identity"using the trigonometric identity

•color(white)(x)1+tan^2x=sec^2xx1+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(sec2x1)

color(white)(tan^5x)=tan^3xsec^2x-tan^3x=" right side"tan5x=tan3xsec2xtan3x= right side