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Multiply and simplify cot x(sin x -sec x)

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cot is just cos/sin. And sec is just 1/sin. So if you distribute the cot function you get cot(x)sin(x)-cot(x)sec(x) which turns out to be cos(x)-cos/sin^2(x). You could also note that sin^2(x) is 1-cos^2(x) to get


cos(x)[1- (1)/(1-( cos(x))^(2) ) ]
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\bf cot(\theta)=\cfrac{cos(\theta)}{sin(\theta)} \qquad % cosecant csc(\theta)=\cfrac{1}{sin(\theta)} \qquad % secant sec(\theta)=\cfrac{1}{cos(\theta)}\\\\ -----------------------------\\\\ cot(x)[sin(x)-sec(x)]\implies \cfrac{cos(x)}{sin(x)}\cdot sin(x)-\cfrac{cos(x)}{sin(x)}\cdot \cfrac{1}{cos(x)} \\\\\\ cos(x)-\cfrac{1}{sin(x)}\implies cos(x)-csc(x)
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