Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Verifying Trigonometric Identities - Exercise Set - Page 658: 16

Answer

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Work Step by Step

${{\cos }^{2}}\theta \left( 1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta \right)=1$ Recall Trigonometric Identities, $\begin{align} & 1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta ={{\sec }^{2}}\theta \\ & \sec \theta =\frac{1}{\cos \theta } \\ \end{align}$ Use the above identities and solve the left side of the given expression, $\begin{align} & {{\cos }^{2}}\theta \left( 1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta \right)={{\cos }^{2}}\theta \left( {{\sec }^{2}}\theta \right) \\ & ={{\cos }^{2}}\theta \cdot \frac{1}{{{\cos }^{2}}\theta } \\ & =1 \end{align}$ Therefore, ${{\cos }^{2}}\theta \left( 1+{{\tan }^{2}}\theta \right)=1$
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