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Trigonometric Identities Overview

This document discusses proving trigonometric identities. It provides examples of identities to simplify using basic trigonometric identities. It also gives hints for proving identities and lists several identities to prove, including reciprocal identities, quotient identities, Pythagorean identities, and even-odd identities.

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Trigonometric Identities Overview

This document discusses proving trigonometric identities. It provides examples of identities to simplify using basic trigonometric identities. It also gives hints for proving identities and lists several identities to prove, including reciprocal identities, quotient identities, Pythagorean identities, and even-odd identities.

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CAT

Proving Trigonometric Identities

Warm Up: (use identities to simplify)


1.

2.

3.

1 cos 2 x
cos x

sin x

csc x sin x

sec( x )
4.

Hints for Proving Identities:


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Examples:

cos 2 x
sin x csc x
sin x

Section 7.2 (Day 2)

CAT

Proving Trigonometric Identities

Section 7.2 (Day 2)

p. 677: #25-39 odds

(sin x cos x) 2 (sin x cos x) 2 2


25.

(csc x 1)(csc x 1) cot 2 x


27.

31.

2 sin 2 x
sec x cos x
cos x

sec( x) cot x
1
csc( x)
35.

29.

tan x cot x csc x sec x

cos( x) 1 1 cos x sin 2 x


33.

37.

1
1

1
2
csc x sec2 x

CAT

Proving Trigonometric Identities

Section 7.2 (Day 2)

1
1

2sec 2 x
1 sin x 1 sin x

39.

Reciprocal Identities:

1
sec
1
sec
cos

1
csc
1
csc
sin

1
cot
1
cot
tan

cos

sin

tan

Quotient Identities:

tan

sin
cos

cot

cos
sin

Pythagorean Identities:

sin 2 cos 2 1

tan 2 1 sec 2

1 cot 2 csc 2
Even-Odd Identities:

sin( x) sin x
csc( x) csc x

Odd
tan( x) tan x

cot( x) cot x

cos( x) cos x

sec( x) sec x

Even

Reciprocal Identities:

1
csc
1
csc
sin

sin

Quotient Identities:

1
sec
1
sec
cos
cos

1
cot
1
cot
tan
tan

CAT

Proving Trigonometric Identities

tan

sin
cos

Section 7.2 (Day 2)

cot

cos
sin

Pythagorean Identities:

sin 2 cos 2 1

tan 2 1 sec 2

1 cot 2 csc 2
Even-Odd Identities:

sin( x) sin x
csc( x) csc x

Odd
tan( x) tan x

cot( x) cot x

cos( x) cos x

sec( x) sec x

Even

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