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At the most basic level, sin(x) represents the sine of an angle x, a trigonometric function. In a right angled triangle, where one of the angles is x, sin(x) is the ratio of the lengths of the side opposite the angle x and the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle).
Soon afterwards, you learn that this measure is a characteristic of the angle x, not of the triangle, so you do not actually need a triangle! Any angle x has a sin(x) associated with it, whether it is in a triangle, in another shape or simply a free-standing angle.
Later still, you learn that sin(x) is an infinite series of the form:
sin(x) = x/1! - x3/3! + x5/5! - x7/7! + ... where
x is the angle measured in radians,
and
n! [n factorial] is n*(n-1)*(n-2)*...*3*2*1
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What does cosx divided by 1-sinx equal?
cos x / (1-sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin x) (1 + sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin2x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / cos2 x = (1 + sin x) / cos x = sec x + tan xcos x / (1-sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin x) (1 + sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin2x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / cos2 x = (1 + sin x) / cos x = sec x + tan xcos x / (1-sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin x) (1 + sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin2x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / cos2 x = (1 + sin x) / cos x = sec x + tan xcos x / (1-sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin x) (1 + sin x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / (1 - sin2x) = cos x (1 + sin x) / cos2 x = (1 + sin x) / cos x = sec x + tan x
Verify cot x-180 cot x?
cot x = (cos x) / (sin x) cos (x - 180) = cos x cos 180 + sin x sin 180 = - cos x sin (x - 180) = sin x cos 180 - cos x sin 180 = - sin x cot (x - 180) = (cos (x - 180)) / (sin (x - 180)) = (- cos x) / (- sin x) = (cos x) / (sin x) = cot x
How do you solve csc x sin x equals cos x cot x plus?
Suppose csc(x)*sin(x) = cos(x)*cot(x) + y then, ince csc(x) = 1/sin(x), and cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x), 1 = cos(x)*cos(x)/sin(x) + y so y = 1 - cos2(x)/sin(x) = 1 - [1 - sin2(x)]/sin(x) = [sin2(x) + sin(x) - 1]/sin(x)
How do you prove the following identity sec x - cos x equals sin x tan x?
you need this identities to solve the problem..that is something you have to memorized sec x= 1/cosx 1-cos2x= sin2x tanx= sin x/cosx also, sin 2x= (sinx)(sinx) sec x - cosx= sin x tanx (1/cosx)-cosx= sin x tanx .. 1-cos2x / cosx=sin x tanx sin2x/ cosx= sin x tanx (sin x/cox)( sin x)= sin x tanx tanx sinx= sin x tanx
Cos x tan x to sin x Transform the expression on the left to the one on the right?
cosx * tanx = sinx cos x . sin x/ cosx = sinx cos x . sin x/cosx = sinx (cos x is taken out of the equation, leaving sin x = sin x).
