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Students need to prove a given trig identity, Written as a scan solution and upload question, no randomisation.

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Show that the identity \\[\\tan\\theta+\\cot\\theta=\\sec\\theta\\csc\\theta\\] is true. Write your proof in your handwritten working and upload it.

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\\begin{align}LHS&=\\tan\\theta+\\cot\\theta\\\\&=\\frac{\\sin\\theta}{\\cos\\theta}+\\frac{\\cos\\theta}{\\sin\\theta}\\quad\\text{using the identity for }\\tan\\theta\\\\&=\\frac{\\sin^2\\theta+\\cos^2\\theta}{\\sin\\theta\\cos\\theta}\\quad\\text{common denominator}\\\\&=\\frac{1}{\\sin\\theta\\cos\\theta}\\quad\\text{by the Pythagorean identity}\\\\&=\\csc\\theta\\sec\\theta\\quad\\text{by definition of reciprocal rations}\\\\&=RHS\\end{align}

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