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Proving Trigonometric Identities sec^2x + csc^2x= (sec^2 x)(csc^2 x)

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sec^2x+csc^2x=(sec^2x)(csc^2x)\\\\L=(1)/(cos^2x)+(1)/(sin^2x)=(sin^2x)/(cos^2xsin^2x)+(cos^2x)/(cos^2xsin^2x)=(sin^2x+cos^2x)/(cos^2xsin^2x)=(1)/(cos^2xsin^2x)\\\\=(1)/(cos^2x)\cdot(1)/(sin^2x)=sec^2x\cdot csc^2x=R
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