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katovenus [111]
3 years ago
7

Verify the identity cot(x-pi/2)=-tan x

Mathematics
1 answer:
vampirchik [111]3 years ago
4 0
To verify the identity we need the following identities:

i) \displaystyle{ \cot(x)= \frac{\cos x}{\sin x}

ii) \displaystyle{ \sin (x-y)=\ sinx\cdot\ cosy -\ siny\cdot\ cosx

iii) \displaystyle{ \cos (x-y)=\ cosx\cdot \ cosy +\ sinx\cdot\ siny.

Also, we have know that \displaystyle{ \sin \frac{ \pi }{2}=1 and \displaystyle{ \cos \frac{ \pi }{2}=0.


Thus, \displaystyle{ \cot(x-\frac{\pi}{2})= \frac{\cos (x-\frac{\pi}{2})}{\sin (x-\frac{\pi}{2})}

By (ii) and (iii) we have:

\displaystyle{ \frac{\cos (x-\frac{\pi}{2})}{\sin (x-\frac{\pi}{2})}= \frac{\ cosx\cdot \ cos\frac{\pi}{2} +\ sinx\cdot\ sin\frac{\pi}{2}}{\ sinx\cdot\ cos\frac{\pi}{2} -\ sin\frac{\pi}{2}\cdot\ cosx} = \frac{\ sinx}{-\cos x}

by simplifying \displaystyle{ \sin \frac{ \pi }{2}=1 and \displaystyle{ \cos \frac{ \pi }{2}=0.

Now, \displaystyle{ \frac{\ sinx}{-\cos x} is clearly -tanx.
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