establish the identity

[justseel]

My math teacher ask me to establish the identity in two ways
from right side to the left side
and from left ti right
sec=sin/cos + cos/1+sin

 

[Deleted member 4993]

My math teacher ask me to establish the identity in two ways
from right side to the left side
and from left ti right
sec=sin/cos + cos/1+sin

What have you tried?

What are your thoughts?

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[justseel]

yes I,m stuck at the beginning
i tired to do this but i didnt know how end it
1/cosx = sinx+1/cosxsinxcosx

 

[richardt]

Greetings:

A hint: Try multiplying numerator and denominator of cosx/(1+sinx) by the conjugate of 1 + sinx.

Rich

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Enough time has gone by: Right to left

$\displaystyle \dfrac{sin(\theta)}{cos(\theta)} + \dfrac{cos(\theta)}{1+sin(\theta)}$

$\displaystyle = \ \dfrac{sin(\theta)*[1+sin(\theta)] + cos^2(\theta)}{cos(\theta)*[1+sin(\theta)]}$

$\displaystyle = \ \dfrac{1+sin(\theta)}{cos(\theta)*[1+sin(\theta)]}$

$\displaystyle = \ \dfrac{1}{cos(\theta)}$

$\displaystyle = \ sec(\theta)$

Now just go back-wards.... for left-to-right