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Use a graph in a [-2π, 2π, π/2] by [-3, 3, 1] viewing rectangle to complete the identity

Use a graph in a [-2π, 2π, π/2] by [-3, 3, 1] viewing rectangle to complete the identity-example-1
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We have the expression:


(1-2\cos 2x)/(2\sin x-1)

Let's work first with the numerator. We have that we can write cos2x like this:


\cos 2x=1-\sin ^2x

doing this substitution we get the following:


\begin{gathered} 1-2\cos 2x=1-2\cdot(1-\sin ^2x)=1-2+4\sin ^2x=4\sin ^2x-1 \\ =(2\sin x+1)(2\sin x-1) \end{gathered}

Now that we have these two factors, we can use them on the original identity to get:


(1-2\cos2x)/(2\sin x-1)=((2\sin x+1)(2\sin x-1))/(2\sin x-1)=2\sin x+1

therefore, the resulting identity is 2sinx+1

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