Is sec(2x)=(1+tan^2(x))/(1-tan^2(x)) ?

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prove sec(2x)=(1+tan^2(x))/(1-tan^2(x))

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prove

sec (2 x) = \frac{1 + tan ^{2} ( x )}{1 - tan ^{2} ( x )}

Solution

True

Solution steps

sec (2 x) = \frac{1 + tan ^{2} ( x )}{1 - tan ^{2} ( x )}

Manipulating right side

\frac{1 + tan ^{2} ( x )}{1 - tan ^{2} ( x )}

Express with sin, cos

\frac{1 + tan ^{2} ( x )}{1 - tan ^{2} ( x )}

Use the basic trigonometric identity:

tan (x) = \frac{sin ( x )}{cos ( x )}

= \frac{1 + ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{1 - ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}

Simplify

\frac{1 + ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{1 - ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}} : \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}

\frac{1 + ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{1 - ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}

Apply exponent rule:

(\frac{a}{b})^{c} = \frac{a ^{c}}{b ^{c}}

= \frac{1 + ( \frac{s i n ( x )}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{1 - \frac{s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}

Apply exponent rule:

(\frac{a}{b})^{c} = \frac{a ^{c}}{b ^{c}}

= \frac{1 + \frac{s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}{1 - \frac{s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}

Join

1 - \frac{sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )} : \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

1 - \frac{sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Convert element to fraction:

1 = \frac{1 cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{1 \cdot cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )} - \frac{sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions:

\frac{a}{c} \pm \frac{b}{c} = \frac{a \pm b}{c}

= \frac{1 \cdot cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Multiply:

1 \cdot cos^{2} (x) = cos^{2} (x)

= \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{1 + \frac{s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}{\frac{c o s ^{2} ( x ) - s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}

Join

1 + \frac{sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )} : \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

1 + \frac{sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Convert element to fraction:

1 = \frac{1 cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{1 \cdot cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )} + \frac{sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions:

\frac{a}{c} \pm \frac{b}{c} = \frac{a \pm b}{c}

= \frac{1 \cdot cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Multiply:

1 \cdot cos^{2} (x) = cos^{2} (x)

= \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{\frac{c o s ^{2} ( x ) + s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}{\frac{c o s ^{2} ( x ) - s i n ^{2} ( x )}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}

Divide fractions:

\frac{\frac{a}{b}}{\frac{c}{d}} = \frac{a \cdot d}{b \cdot c}

= \frac{( cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x ) ) cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x ) ( cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x ) )}

Cancel the common factor:

cos^{2} (x)

= \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}

Rewrite using trig identities

\frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x ) - sin ^{2} ( x )}

Use the Double Angle identity:

cos^{2} (x) - sin^{2} (x) = cos (2 x)

= \frac{cos ^{2} ( x ) + sin ^{2} ( x )}{cos ( 2 x )}

Use the Pythagorean identity:

cos^{2} (x) + sin^{2} (x) = 1

= \frac{1}{cos ( 2 x )}

= \frac{1}{cos ( 2 x )}

Rewrite using trig identities

Use the basic trigonometric identity:

cos (x) = \frac{1}{sec ( x )}

\frac{1}{\frac{1}{s e c ( 2 x )}}

Simplify

\frac{1}{\frac{1}{s e c ( 2 x )}}

Apply the fraction rule:

\frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}} = \frac{c}{b}

= \frac{sec ( 2 x )}{1}

Apply rule

\frac{a}{1} = a

= sec (2 x)

sec (2 x)

sec (2 x)

We showed that the two sides could take the same form

\Rightarrow True

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