Garmine whether the set of functions [1, tanx, secx] ava Ninaarly dependent or linearly independent Sol #2 July 2010 1 1 tanx secx x) = 0 sec'x secx tanx tanx secx W(x) = 0 sec²x secxtanx O 2secxtanx secx tan²x+sex 0 I seer kanx Secxtan'x + secx = (1) | sec2x secx tanx 2 secx tanx secxtan²x+sec³x W(1) = 1 1 0 1 0 ? 0 1 = sec²x [secx tan²x+sec²x] - 2 secx tan²x 1 0 = sec'x tan'x + secx - 2 sec³x tan²x = (1) 0 1 = secx - sec³x tan²x = (1) -0 = 1 ?0 = Sec³x [sec²x-tan2x] ? = sec3x [?] = sec3x ?0 1, tanx, secx) are Linearly independ 1+tan²x=5 *{1, tanx, secx) are Linearly indel
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