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Precalculus: Functions and Graphs

Earl W. Swokowski, Jeffrey A. Cole

Chapter 6

Analytic Trigonometry - all with Video Answers

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Section 1

Verifying Trigonometric Identities

01:44

Problem 1

Verify the Identity.
$$\csc \theta-\sin \theta=\cot \theta \cos \theta$$

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01:35

Problem 2

Verify the Identity.
$$\sin x+\cos x \cot x=\csc x$$

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02:11

Problem 3

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\sec ^{2} 2 u-1}{\sec ^{2} 2 u}=\sin ^{2} 2 u$$

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03:52

Problem 4

Verify the Identity.
$$\tan t+2 \cos t \csc t=\sec t \csc t+\cot t$$

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01:44

Problem 5

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\csc ^{2} \theta}{1+\tan ^{2} \theta}=\cot ^{2} \theta$$

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02:57

Problem 6

Verify the Identity.
$$(\tan u+\cot u)(\cos u+\sin u)=\csc u+\sec u$$

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03:25

Problem 7

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1+\cos 3 t}{\sin 3 t}+\frac{\sin 3 t}{1+\cos 3 t}=2 \csc 3 t$$

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02:05

Problem 8

Verify the Identity.
$$\tan ^{2} \alpha-\sin ^{2} \alpha=\tan ^{2} \alpha \sin ^{2} \alpha$$

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01:45

Problem 9

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1}{1-\cos \gamma}+\frac{1}{1+\cos \gamma}=2 \csc ^{2} \gamma$$

Babita Kumari
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03:10

Problem 10

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1+\csc 3 \beta}{\sec 3 \beta}-\cot 3 \beta=\cos 3 \beta$$

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02:35

Problem 11

Verify the Identity.
$$(\sec u-\tan u)(\csc u+1)=\cot u$$

Babita Kumari
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02:46

Problem 12

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cot \theta-\tan \theta}{\sin \theta+\cos \theta}=\csc \theta-\sec \theta$$

Babita Kumari
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01:52

Problem 13

Verify the Identity.
$$\csc ^{4} t-\cot ^{4} t=\csc ^{2} t+\cot ^{2} t$$

Babita Kumari
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04:45

Problem 14

Verify the Identity.
$$\cos ^{4} 2 \theta+\sin ^{2} 2 \theta=\cos ^{2} 2 \theta+\sin ^{4} 2 \theta$$

Babita Kumari
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02:00

Problem 15

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cos \beta}{1-\sin \beta}=\sec \beta+\tan \beta$$

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01:46

Problem 16

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1}{\csc y-\cot y}=\csc y+\cot y$$

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01:55

Problem 17

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{\sec x+1}=\frac{1-\cos x}{\cos x}$$

Babita Kumari
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02:07

Problem 18

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cot x}{\csc x+1}=\frac{\csc x-1}{\cot x}$$

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02:18

Problem 19

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cot 4 u-1}{\cot 4 u+1}=\frac{1-\tan 4 u}{1+\tan 4 u}$$

Babita Kumari
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03:03

Problem 20

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1+\sec 4 x}{\sin 4 x+\tan 4 x}=\csc 4 x$$

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01:25

Problem 21

Verify the Identity.
$$\sin ^{4} r-\cos ^{4} r=\sin ^{2} r-\cos ^{2} r$$

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02:02

Problem 22

Verify the Identity.
$$\sin ^{4} \theta+2 \sin ^{2} \theta \cos ^{2} \theta+\cos ^{4} \theta=1$$

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02:53

Problem 23

Verify the Identity.
$$\tan ^{4} k-\sec ^{4} k=1-2 \sec ^{2} k$$

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01:59

Problem 24

Verify the Identity.
$$\sec ^{4} u-\sec ^{2} u=\tan ^{2} u+\tan ^{4} u$$

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02:05

Problem 25

Verify the Identity.
$$(\sec t+\tan t)^{2}=\frac{1+\sin t}{1-\sin t}$$

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02:47

Problem 26

Verify the Identity.
$$\sec ^{2} \gamma+\tan ^{2} \gamma=\left(1-\sin ^{4} \gamma\right) \sec ^{4} \gamma$$

Babita Kumari
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00:55

Problem 27

Verify the Identity.
$$\left(\sin ^{2} \theta+\cos ^{2} \theta\right)^{3}=1$$

Babita Kumari
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02:19

Problem 28

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\sin t}{1-\cos t}=\csc t+\cot t$$

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02:33

Problem 29

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1+\csc \beta}{\cot \beta+\cos \beta}=\sec \beta$$

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01:36

Problem 30

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cos ^{3} x-\sin ^{3} x}{\cos x-\sin x}=1+\sin x \cos x$$

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01:49

Problem 31

Verify the Identity.
$$(\csc t-\cot t)^{4}(\csc t+\cot t)^{4}=1$$

Babita Kumari
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02:45

Problem 32

Verify the Identity.
$$(a \cos t-b \sin t)^{2}+(a \sin t+b \cos t)^{2}=a^{2}+b^{2}$$

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03:59

Problem 33

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\sin \alpha \cos \beta+\cos \alpha \sin \beta}{\cos \alpha \cos \beta-\sin \alpha \sin \beta}=\frac{\tan \alpha+\tan \beta}{1-\tan \alpha \tan \beta}$$

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02:26

Problem 34

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\tan u-\tan v}{1+\tan u \tan v}=\frac{\cot v-\cot u}{\cot u \cot v+1}$$

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04:19

Problem 35

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\tan \alpha}{1+\sec \alpha}+\frac{1+\sec \alpha}{\tan \alpha}=2 \csc \alpha$$

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03:10

Problem 36

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\csc x}{1+\csc x}-\frac{\csc x}{1-\csc x}=2 \sec ^{2} x$$

Babita Kumari
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01:31

Problem 37

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{1}{\tan \beta+\cot \beta}=\sin \beta \cos \beta $$

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01:59

Problem 38

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cot y-\tan y}{\sin y \cos y}=\csc ^{2} y-\sec ^{2} y$$

Babita Kumari
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02:49

Problem 39

Verify the Identity.
$$\sec \theta+\csc \theta-\cos \theta-\sin \theta=\sin \theta \tan \theta+\cos \theta \cot \theta$$

Babita Kumari
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01:50

Problem 40

Verify the Identity.
$$\sin ^{3} t+\cos ^{3} t=(1-\sin t \cos t)(\sin t+\cos t)$$

Babita Kumari
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03:06

Problem 41

Verify the Identity.
$$\left(1-\tan ^{2} \phi\right)^{2}=\sec ^{4} \phi-4 \tan ^{2} \phi$$

Babita Kumari
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02:55

Problem 42

Verify the Identity.
$$\cos ^{4} w+1-\sin ^{4} w=2 \cos ^{2} w$$

Babita Kumari
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03:28

Problem 43

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\cot (-t)+\tan (-t)}{\cot t}=-\sec ^{2} t$$

Babita Kumari
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02:48

Problem 44

Verify the Identity.
$$\frac{\csc (-t)-\sin (-t)}{\sin (-t)}=\cot ^{2} t$$

Babita Kumari
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01:36

Problem 45

Verify the Identity.
$$\log 10^{\operatorname{tan} t}=\tan t$$

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01:49

Problem 46

Verify the Identity.
$$10^{\log |\sin t|}=|\sin t|$$

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01:28

Problem 47

Verify the Identity.
$$\ln \cot x=-\ln \tan x$$

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01:23

Problem 48

Verify the Identity.
$$\text { In } \sec \theta=-\ln \cos \theta$$

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01:45

Problem 49

Verify the Identity.
$$\ln |\sec \theta+\tan \theta|=-\ln |\sec \theta-\tan \theta|$$

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02:24

Problem 50

Verify the Identity.
$$\ln |\csc x-\cot x|=-\ln |\csc x+\cot x|$$

Babita Kumari
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02:03

Problem 51

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\cos t=\sqrt{1-\sin ^{2} t}$$

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01:27

Problem 52

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\sqrt{\sin ^{2} t+\cos ^{2} t}=\sin t+\cos t$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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01:04

Problem 53

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\sqrt{\sin ^{2} t}=\sin t$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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02:12

Problem 54

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\sec t=\sqrt{\tan ^{2} t+1}$$

Babita Kumari
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01:44

Problem 55

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$(\sin \theta+\cos \theta)^{2}=\sin ^{2} \theta+\cos ^{2} \theta$$

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01:41

Problem 56

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\log \left(\frac{1}{\sin t}\right)=\frac{1}{\log \sin t}$$

Babita Kumari
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00:54

Problem 57

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\cos (-t)=-\cos t$$

Babita Kumari
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01:14

Problem 58

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\sin (t+\pi)=\sin t$$

Babita Kumari
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01:34

Problem 59

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\cos (\sec t)=1$$

Babita Kumari
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01:07

Problem 60

Show that the equation is not an Identity.
$$\cot (\tan \theta)=1$$

Babita Kumari
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01:56

Problem 61

Either show that the equation $i s$ an identity or show that the equation $is\quad not$ an identity.
$$(\sec x+\tan x)^{2}=2 \tan x(\tan x+\sec x)$$

Babita Kumari
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01:33

Problem 62

Either show that the equation $i s$ an identity or show that the equation $is\quad not$ an identity.
$$\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{\sec x-1}=\sec x$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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03:44

Problem 63

Either show that the equation $i s$ an identity or show that the equation $is\quad not$ an identity.
$$\cos x(\tan x+\cot x)=\csc x$$

Babita Kumari
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04:51

Problem 64

Either show that the equation $i s$ an identity or show that the equation $is\quad not$ an identity.
$$\csc ^{2} x+\sec ^{2} x=\csc ^{2} x \sec ^{2} x$$

Babita Kumari
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02:02

Problem 65

Make the trigonometric substitution $x=a \sin \theta$ for $-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2$ and $a>0 .$ Use fundamental identities to simplify the resulting expression.
$$\left(a^{2}-x^{2}\right)^{3 / 2}$$

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01:52

Problem 66

Make the trigonometric substitution $x=a \sin \theta$ for $-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2$ and $a>0 .$ Use fundamental identities to simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{\sqrt{a^{2}-x^{2}}}{x}$$

Babita Kumari
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01:47

Problem 67

Make the trigonometric substitution $x=a \sin \theta$ for $-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2$ and $a>0 .$ Use fundamental identities to simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{x^{2}}{\sqrt{a^{2}-x^{2}}}$$

Babita Kumari
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01:43

Problem 68

Make the trigonometric substitution $x=a \sin \theta$ for $-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2$ and $a>0 .$ Use fundamental identities to simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{1}{x \sqrt{a^{2}-x^{2}}}$$

Babita Kumari
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01:47

Problem 69

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \tan \theta \quad \text { for }-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\sqrt{a^{2}+x^{2}}$$

Babita Kumari
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01:30

Problem 70

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \tan \theta \quad \text { for }-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^{2}+x^{2}}}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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01:28

Problem 71

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \tan \theta \quad \text { for }-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{1}{x^{2}+a^{2}}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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02:35

Problem 72

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \tan \theta \quad \text { for }-\pi / 2<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{\left(x^{2}+a^{2}\right)^{3 / 2}}{x}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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01:39

Problem 73

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \sec \theta \quad \text { for } 0<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\sqrt{x^{2}-a^{2}}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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02:29

Problem 74

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \sec \theta \quad \text { for } 0<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{1}{x^{2} \sqrt{x^{2}-a^{2}}}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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02:00

Problem 75

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \sec \theta \quad \text { for } 0<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$x^{3} \sqrt{x^{2}-a^{2}}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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02:26

Problem 76

Make the trigonometric substitution $$x=a \sec \theta \quad \text { for } 0<\theta<\pi / 2 \text { and } a>0.$$ Simplify the resulting expression.
$$\frac{\sqrt{x^{2}-a^{2}}}{x^{2}}$$

Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari
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02:08

Problem 77

Use the graph of $f$ to find the simplest expression $g(x)$ such that the equation $f(x)=g(x)$ is an Identity. Verify this identity.
$$f(x)=\frac{\sin ^{2} x-\sin ^{4} x}{\left(1-\sec ^{2} x\right) \cos ^{4} x}$$

Jill Tolbert
Jill Tolbert
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03:14

Problem 78

Use the graph of $f$ to find the simplest expression $g(x)$ such that the equation $f(x)=g(x)$ is an Identity. Verify this identity.
$$f(x)=\frac{\sin x-\sin ^{3} x}{\cos ^{4} x+\cos ^{2} x \sin ^{2} x}$$

Jill Tolbert
Jill Tolbert
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02:22

Problem 79

Use the graph of $f$ to find the simplest expression $g(x)$ such that the equation $f(x)=g(x)$ is an Identity. Verify this identity.
$$f(x)=\sec x\left(\sin x \cos x+\cos ^{2} x\right)-\sin x$$

Jill Tolbert
Jill Tolbert
Numerade Educator
02:08

Problem 80

Use the graph of $f$ to find the simplest expression $g(x)$ such that the equation $f(x)=g(x)$ is an Identity. Verify this identity.
$$f(x)=\frac{\sin ^{3} x+\sin x \cos ^{2} x}{\csc x}+\frac{\cos ^{3} x+\cos x \sin ^{2} x}{\sec x}$$

Jill Tolbert
Jill Tolbert
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