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I’m having a lot of trouble with simplifying expressions with basic trigonometric identities

I’m having a lot of trouble with simplifying expressions with basic trigonometric-example-1
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Given the following trigonometric expression:


cos(\alpha)tan(\alpha)sec(\alpha)cot(\alpha)

We will simplify the expression as follows:

First, we should know that: cot = 1/tan, and sec = 1/cos

So, the expression will be s follows:


cos(\alpha)*tan(\alpha)*(1)/(cos(\alpha))*(1)/(tan(\alpha))

Cross the similar terms.

So, the answer will be:


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