Answer:
![\cot(x)+\cot(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccot%28x%29%2B%5Ccot%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29)
![\cot(x)+\tan(x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccot%28x%29%2B%5Ctan%28x%29)
![\frac{\cos(x)}{\sin(x)}+\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
![\frac{1}{\sin(x)}(\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%28%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%29)
![\csc(x)(\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%28%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%29)
![\csc(x)[\frac{\cos(x)\cos(x)}{\cos(x)}+\sin(x)\frac{sin(x)}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7Bsin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\frac{\cos(x)\cos(x)+\sin(x)\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\frac{\cos^2(x)+\sin^2(x)}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%5E2%28x%29%2B%5Csin%5E2%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\frac{1}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\sec(x)]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Csec%28x%29%5D)
![\csc(x)[\csc(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Ccsc%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29%5D)
![\csc(x)\csc(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5Ccsc%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29)
Step-by-step explanation:
I'm going to use
instead of
because it is less characters for me to type.
I'm going to start with the left hand side and see if I can turn it into the right hand side.
![\cot(x)+\cot(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccot%28x%29%2B%5Ccot%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29)
I'm going to use a cofunction identity for the 2nd term.
This is the identity:
I'm going to use there.
![\cot(x)+\tan(x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccot%28x%29%2B%5Ctan%28x%29)
I'm going to rewrite this in terms of
and
because I prefer to work in those terms. My objective here is to some how write this sum as a product.
I'm going to first use these quotient identities:
and ![\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}=\tan(x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%3D%5Ctan%28x%29)
So we have:
![\frac{\cos(x)}{\sin(x)}+\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
I'm going to factor out
because if I do that I will have the
factor I see on the right by the reciprocal identity:
![\csc(x)=\frac{1}{\sin(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%3D%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D)
![\frac{1}{\sin(x)}(\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%28%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%29)
![\csc(x)(\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%28%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%29)
Now I need to somehow show right right factor of this is equal to the right factor of the right hand side.
That is, I need to show
is equal to
.
So since I want one term I'm going to write as a single fraction first:
![\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
Find a common denominator which is
:
![\frac{\cos(x)\cos(x)}{\cos(x)}+\sin(x)\frac{sin(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7Bsin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
![\frac{\cos(x)\cos(x)+\sin(x)\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
![\frac{\cos^2(x)+\sin^2(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%5E2%28x%29%2B%5Csin%5E2%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
By the Pythagorean Identity
I can rewrite the top as 1:
![\frac{1}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
By the quotient identity
, I can rewrite this as:
![\sec(x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Csec%28x%29)
By the cofunction identity
, we have the second factor of the right hand side:
![\csc(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29)
Let's just do it all together without all the words now:
![\cot(x)+\cot(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccot%28x%29%2B%5Ccot%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29)
![\cot(x)+\tan(x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccot%28x%29%2B%5Ctan%28x%29)
![\frac{\cos(x)}{\sin(x)}+\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%2B%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D)
![\frac{1}{\sin(x)}(\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%28%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%29)
![\csc(x)(\cos(x)+\sin(x)\frac{\sin(x)}{\cos(x)})](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%28%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7B%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%29)
![\csc(x)[\frac{\cos(x)\cos(x)}{\cos(x)}+\sin(x)\frac{sin(x)}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Cfrac%7Bsin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\frac{\cos(x)\cos(x)+\sin(x)\sin(x)}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%5Ccos%28x%29%2B%5Csin%28x%29%5Csin%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\frac{\cos^2(x)+\sin^2(x)}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B%5Ccos%5E2%28x%29%2B%5Csin%5E2%28x%29%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\frac{1}{\cos(x)}]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B%5Ccos%28x%29%7D%5D)
![\csc(x)[\sec(x)]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Csec%28x%29%5D)
![\csc(x)[\csc(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)]](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5B%5Ccsc%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29%5D)
![\csc(x)\csc(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Ccsc%28x%29%5Ccsc%28%5Cfrac%7B%5Cpi%7D%7B2%7D-x%29)