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Perform the operations and simply so there are no quotients

sin theta/ 1+ sin theta - sin theta/1-sin theta

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Answer: We can simplify the expression as follows:

sin theta / (1 + sin theta) - sin theta / (1 - sin theta)

= [(sin theta)(1 - sin theta) - (sin theta)(1 + sin theta)] / [(1 + sin theta)(1 - sin theta)]

= [(sin theta - sin^2 theta) - (sin theta + sin^2 theta)] / [1 - sin^2 theta]

= -2 sin theta / cos^2 theta

= -2 tan theta

So the simplified expression is -2 tan theta, with no quotients.

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