The Wikipedia article "Trigonometric identities" lists the following identity (in which I am simply changing variables):
cos a sin b = (1/2)[sin(a+b) - sin(a-b)]
Here, since the two angles are the same, this simplifies to:
cos a sin a = (1/2)[sin(2a) - sin(0)]
= (1/2)sin(2a)
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Rewrite sec x as 1/cos x. Then, sec x sin x = (1/cos x)(sin x) = sin x/cos x. By definition, this is equal to tan x.
(tan x - sin x)/(tan x sin x) = (tan x sin x)/(tan x + sin x)[sin x/cos x) - sin x]/[(sin x/cos x)sin x] =? [(sin x/cos x)sin x]/[sin x/cos x) + sin x][(sin x - sin x cos x)/cos x]/(sin2 x/cos x) =? (sin2 x/cos x)/[(sin x + sin x cos x)/cos x)(sin x - sin x cos x)/sin2 x =? sin2 x/(sin x + sin x cos x)[sin x(1 - cos x)]/sin2 x =? sin2 x/[sin x(1 + cos x)(1 - cos x)/sin x =? sin x/(1 + cos x)(1 - cos x)/sin x =? [(sin x)(1 - cos x)]/[(1 + cos x)(1 - cos x)](1 - cos x)/sin x =? [(sin x)(1 - cos x)]/[1 - cos2 x)(1 - cos x)/sin x =? [(sin x)(1 - cos x)]/[1 - (1 - sin2 x)](1 - cos x)/sin x =? [(sin x)(1 - cos x)]/sin2 x(1 - cos x)/sin x = (1 - cos x)/sin x True
Because the slope of the curve of sin(x) is cos(x). Or, equivalently, the limit of sin(x) over x tends to cos(x) as x tends to zero.
The easiest way to approach this problem is by rewriting the left hand side entirely in terms of sin and cos and then simplifying. To do so, use the fact that cot(x)=cos(x)/sin(x) to get that 2*cot(x)*sin(x)*cos(x)=2*cos(x)/sin(x)*sin(x)*cos(x)=2*cos(x)² Next, we will try to simplify the right hand side by factoring and utilizing the formula cos(x)²+sin(x)²=1 which implies that 1-sin(x)²=cos(x)² 2-2sin(x)²=2*(1-sin(x)²)=2*cos(x)² Since both sides can be simplified to equal the same thing, both sides must always be equal, and the equation 2*cot(x)*sin(x)*cos(x)=2-2sin(x)² must be an identity
sin x/(1+cos x) + cos x / sin x Multiply by sin x (1+cos x) =[(sin^2 x + cos x(1+cos x) ] / sin x (1+cos x) = [(sin^2 x + cos x + cos^2 x) ] / sin x (1+cos x) sin^2 x + cos^2 x = 1 = (1+cos x) / sin x (1+cos x) = 1/sin x