Answer:
Proof is in the explanation.
Explanation:
I figure out what you were saying:
![(\sec(x)-1)/(\sec(x)+1)=(\sin^2(x))/((1+\cos(x))^2)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/nw8qjyicgdzz2qrdg5apbtsqqx6xm7195e.png)
I'm going to try to rewrite left hand side as right hand side.
I'm going to rewrite
:
![((1)/(\cos(x))-1)/((1)/(\cos(x))+1)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/p08cotct29sjl6g4z1hq669oywycjc76ie.png)
Multiply both numerator and denominator by
:
![(1-\cos(x))/(1+\cos(x))](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/x8k03pjx3mfmkiy1l2riepsfvb34habu7w.png)
Multiply both numerator and denominator by
:
![((1-\cos(x))(1+\cos(x)))/((1+\cos(x))^2)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/8px3ip19zrltz7jjlxjeabf8c3wqg9y5q2.png)
When multiplying conjugates you only have to do first time first and last times last:
![(1-\cos^2(x))/((1+\cos(x))^2)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/kd1oxuiqi0olbkez5qfqwp39pr63yjx34r.png)
We can rewrite the numerator using the Pythagorean Identity:
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This gives us:
![(\sin^2(x))/((1+\cos(x))^2)](https://img.qammunity.org/2020/formulas/mathematics/middle-school/32i34hleljzgbm33mzgafrjrfrrwg25ify.png)