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Help please! I’m so stuck, trig identities

Help please! I’m so stuck, trig identities-example-1

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This is not an identity. Consider
a=0^\circ, for which you get


(\sin0^\circ+\sin(90-0)^\circ+1)/(\sin0^\circ-\sin(90-0)^\circ)=(0+1+1)/(0-1)=-2

but
\cot0=\frac1{\tan0}=\frac10 is undefined.

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