Step-by-step explanation:
Solve for Tan^4(5x) using power reduction formulastan^4(5x)
= (tan^2(5x))^2
= (sec^2(5x) - 1)^2 (using the formula tan^2(x) = sec^2(x) - 1)
= sec^4(5x) - 2(sec^2(5x)) + 1
To solve for tan^4(5x) using power reduction formulas, we can start by applying the formula tan^2(x) = sec^2(x) - 1 repeatedly:Now, we can use the formula sec^2(x) = 1 + tan^2(x) to express sec^2(5x) in terms of tan^2(5x):Substituting this into our previous equation, we get:tan^4(5x) = (1 + tan^2(5x))^2 - 2(1 + tan^2(5x)) + 1
= 1 + 2tan^2(5x) + tan^4(5x) - 2 - 2tan^2(5x) + 1
= tan^4(5x) - 1
Therefore, tan^4(5x) = sec^4(5x) - 2(sec^2(5x)) + 1 = (1 + tan^2(5x))^2 - 2(1 + tan^2(5x)) + 1 = tan^4(5x) - 1.
Note that we could have also used the formula tan^2(x) = 1/csc^2(x) - 1 instead of tan^2(x) = sec^2(x) - 1 in the first step to arrive at the same result.