The expression can be simplified to a polynomial of degree 2.
<h3>How to simplify the expression?</h3>
Here we have the expression:
We can directly simplify this by taking the variable as common factor:
This is a polynomial, as you can see, the maximum exponent is 2, so the degree of the polynomial is 2.
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Rewrite the limand as
(1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) / cot²(<em>x</em>) = (1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) / (cos²(<em>x</em>) / sin²(<em>x</em>))
… = ((1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) sin²(<em>x</em>)) / cos²(<em>x</em>)
Recall the Pythagorean identity,
sin²(<em>x</em>) + cos²(<em>x</em>) = 1
Then
(1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) / cot²(<em>x</em>) = ((1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) sin²(<em>x</em>)) / (1 - sin²(<em>x</em>))
Factorize the denominator; it's a difference of squares, so
1 - sin²(<em>x</em>) = (1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) (1 + sin(<em>x</em>))
Cancel the common factor of 1 - sin(<em>x</em>) in the numerator and denominator:
(1 - sin(<em>x</em>)) / cot²(<em>x</em>) = sin²(<em>x</em>) / (1 + sin(<em>x</em>))
Now the limand is continuous at <em>x</em> = <em>π</em>/2, so