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Establish each identity:
csc Θ/ 1+ csc Θ = 1-sin Θ/ cos^2 Θ

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sin^2(\theta)+cos^2(\theta)=1\implies cos^2(\theta)=1-sin^2(\theta) \\\\[-0.35em] \rule{34em}{0.25pt}


\cfrac{csc(\theta )}{1+csc(\theta )}=\cfrac{1-sin(\theta )}{cos^2(\theta )} \\\\[-0.35em] ~\dotfill\\\\ \cfrac{csc(\theta )}{1+csc(\theta )}\implies \cfrac{~~(1)/(sin(\theta )) ~~}{1+(1)/(sin(\theta ))}\implies \cfrac{~~(1)/(sin(\theta )) ~~}{(sin(\theta )+1)/(sin(\theta ))}\implies \cfrac{1}{sin(\theta )}\cdot \cfrac{sin(\theta )}{sin(\theta )+1}


\cfrac{1}{sin(\theta )+1}\implies \cfrac{1}{1+sin(\theta )}\implies \stackrel{\textit{multiplying by the conjugate of the denominator}}{\underset{\textit{difference of squares}}{\cfrac{1}{1+sin(\theta )}\cdot \cfrac{1-sin(\theta )}{1-sin(\theta )}}} \\\\\\ \cfrac{1-sin(\theta )}{1^2-sin^2(\theta )}\implies \cfrac{1-sin(\theta )}{1-sin^2(\theta )}\implies \cfrac{1-sin(\theta )}{cos^2(\theta )}

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