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Cosec theta -sin theta =m cube sec theta - cos theta = n cube prove that m^4n^2+n^4m^2=1

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This is false. (Is there any more information? Are you sure there is no typo?)

Let
s=\sin\theta and
c=\cos\theta. Then


\frac1s-s=m


\frac1c-c=n

In the first equation,


\frac1s-s=\frac{1-s^2}s=\frac cs=m

In the second,


\frac1c-c=\frac{1-c^2}c=\frac sc=n

So
mn=1, and


m^4n^2+n^4m^2=m^2n^2(m^2+n^2)=m^2+n^2

so we're left to prove that


(c^2)/(s^2)+(s^2)/(c^2)=1

Now


(c^2)/(s^2)+(s^2)/(c^2)=(c^4+s^4)/(s^2c^2)=(c^4-2s^2c^2+s^4+2s^2c^2)/(s^2c^2)=((c^2-s^2)^2)/(s^2c^2)+2

and both
(c^2-s^2)^2 and
s^2c^2 are non-negative, so


(c^2)/(s^2)+(s^2)/(c^2)=((c^2-s^2)^2)/(s^2c^2)+2>2

and cannot possibly be equal to 1.

User Xiaoyu
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