How to solve this identity? Thank you!

You need to prove that cotx - coty = (sin(y-x))/(sinx * siny)

Thank you very much!

1 Answer
Dec 8, 2017

"see explanation"

Explanation:

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

•color(white)(x)sin(y-x)=sinycosx-cosysinx

•color(white)(x)cotx=cosx/sinx

"consider the left side"

cotx-coty

=cosx/sinx-cosy/siny

=(cosxsiny-sinxcosy)/(sinxsiny)

=(sin(y-x))/(sinxsiny)

=" right side "rArr" verified"