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Rewrite the expression so that it is not in fractional form. There is more than one correct form of the answer.

Rewrite the expression so that it is not in fractional form. There is more than one-example-1

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\begin{gathered} We\text{ are asked to simplify the below equation:}\frac{}{} \\ (sin^2y)/(1-cosy) \\ Using\text{ trigonometric identities we can re-write it as:} \\ (1-cos^2y)/(1-cosy) \\ The\text{ numerator is a difference of squares} \\ =\text{ }((1+cosy)(1-cosy))/((1-cosy)) \\ =\text{ 1+ cosy} \end{gathered}

Answer: 1 + cosy

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