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Show that the following statement is an identity by transforming the left side into the right side.
csc = sec cot
We begin by writing the left side in terms of sin and cos. We can then simplify the compound fraction and rewrite it in terms of sec.
1/sin
csc cot = cos /
sin cos
= sec
csc Because we have succeeded in transforming the left side into the right side, we have shown that the statement = sec is an identity cot