How do you simplify cot theta sec theta sin thetacotθsecθsinθ?

1 Answer
Mar 25, 2018

The expression is equal to 11.

Explanation:

Use these two identities:

cottheta=1/tantheta=1/(sintheta/costheta)=costheta/sinthetacotθ=1tanθ=1sinθcosθ=cosθsinθ

sectheta=1/costhetasecθ=1cosθ

Here's the expression:

color(white)=cotthetasecthetasintheta=cotθsecθsinθ

=cottheta*sectheta*sintheta=cotθsecθsinθ

=costheta/sintheta*1/costheta*sintheta=cosθsinθ1cosθsinθ

=color(red)cancelcolor(black)costheta/sintheta*1/color(red)cancelcolor(black)costheta*sintheta

=1/sintheta*1*sintheta

=1/sintheta*sintheta

=1/color(red)cancelcolor(black)sintheta*color(red)cancelcolor(black)sintheta

=1

That's it. Hope this helped!