• Home
  • Textbooks
  • Precalculus : Building Concepts and Connections
  • Trigonometric Identities and Equations

Precalculus : Building Concepts and Connections

Revathi Narasimhan

Chapter 6

Trigonometric Identities and Equations - all with Video Answers

Educators


Section 1

Verifying Identities

00:18

Problem 1

In Exercise $1-4,$ completely factor each expression.
$$4 x^{2}-9$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:41

Problem 2

In Exercise $1-4,$ completely factor each expression.
$$x^{2}+4 x+4$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:23

Problem 3

In Exercise $1-4,$ completely factor each expression.
$$9 x^{2}-81$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:34

Problem 4

In Exercise $1-4,$ completely factor each expression.
$$2 x^{2}-16 x+32$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:01

Problem 5

In Exercises $5-8,$ completely simplify each expression.
$$\frac{2}{1+x}-\frac{1}{1-x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:52

Problem 6

In Exercises $5-8,$ completely simplify each expression.
$$\frac{3}{x-2}+\frac{4}{x+2}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:43

Problem 7

Completely simplify each expression.
$$
\frac{5}{x-1}+\frac{3}{1-x}
$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:44

Problem 8

In Exercises $5-8,$ completely simplify each expression.
$$\frac{7}{x-2}+\frac{4}{2-x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:28

Problem 9

In Exercises $9-14$, show that the given equations are not identities.
$$\cos x=0.5$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:28

Problem 10

In Exercises $9-14$, show that the given equations are not identities.
$$\tan x=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:07

Problem 11

In Exercises $9-14$, show that the given equations are not identities.
$$\sin (x+\pi)=\sin x+\sin \pi$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:57

Problem 12

In Exercises $9-14$, show that the given equations are not identities.
$$\cos \left(x-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)=\cos x-\cos \frac{\pi}{2}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:40

Problem 13

In Exercises $9-14$, show that the given equations are not identities.
$$\sin 2 x=2 \sin x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:50

Problem 14

In Exercises $9-14$, show that the given equations are not identities.
$$\cos 2 x=2 \cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:28

Problem 15

In Exercises $15-20,$ write each expression in terms of $\sin x$ and/or $\cos x$ only.
$$\cot x \csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:31

Problem 16

In Exercises $15-20,$ write each expression in terms of $\sin x$ and/or $\cos x$ only.
$$\csc ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:50

Problem 17

In Exercises $15-20,$ write each expression in terms of $\sin x$ and/or $\cos x$ only.
$$\frac{\tan ^{2} x}{\sin x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:39

Problem 18

In Exercises $15-20,$ write each expression in terms of $\sin x$ and/or $\cos x$ only.
$$\sec x \cot x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:44

Problem 19

In Exercises $15-20,$ write each expression in terms of $\sin x$ and/or $\cos x$ only.
$$\sec ^{2} x-1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:37

Problem 20

In Exercises $15-20,$ write each expression in terms of $\sin x$ and/or $\cos x$ only.
$$1-\tan x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:26

Problem 21

In Exercises $21-26,$ factor the given trigonometric expressions completely.
$$\sin x+\sin x \cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:23

Problem 22

In Exercises $21-26,$ factor the given trigonometric expressions completely.
$$\tan ^{2} x-\sec x \tan x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:19

Problem 23

In Exercises $21-26,$ factor the given trigonometric expressions completely.
$$1-\sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:24

Problem 24

In Exercises $21-26,$ factor the given trigonometric expressions completely.
$$\sec ^{2} x-\tan ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:27

Problem 25

In Exercises $21-26,$ factor the given trigonometric expressions completely.
$$\sin ^{2} x-\cos ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:40

Problem 26

In Exercises $21-26,$ factor the given trigonometric expressions completely.
$$\sin ^{4} x-1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:39

Problem 27

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\tan x \csc x=\sec x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:37

Problem 28

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cot x \sec x=\csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:04

Problem 29

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sin x+\cos x \cot x=\csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:11

Problem 30

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cos x+\tan x \sin x=\sec x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:54

Problem 31

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sec ^{2} x\left(1-\sin ^{2} x\right)=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:01

Problem 32

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\csc ^{2} x\left(1-\cos ^{2} x\right)=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:04

Problem 33

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sin ^{2}(-x)+\cos ^{2}(-x)=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:40

Problem 34

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sin ^{2}(-x)+\cos ^{2} x=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:05

Problem 35

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\left(\sec ^{2} x-1\right) \cot ^{2} x=1$$

Khushbu Rani
Khushbu Rani
Numerade Educator
00:55

Problem 36

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\left(\csc ^{2} x-1\right) \tan ^{2} x=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:48

Problem 37

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\cot x}{\csc x}=\cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:46

Problem 38

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\tan x}{\sec x}=\sin x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:58

Problem 39

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sin ^{2} x \sec x=\sec x-\cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:05

Problem 40

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cos ^{2} x \csc x=\csc x-\sin x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:17

Problem 41

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$(\cos x+\sin x)^{2}-2 \sin x \cos x=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:00

Problem 42

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$(\cos x-\sin x)^{2}+2 \sin x \cos x=1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:38

Problem 43

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sec x+\tan x=\frac{1+\sin x}{\cos x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:27

Problem 44

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\csc x+\cot x=\frac{\sin x}{1-\cos x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:45

Problem 45

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cos ^{3} x=\cos x-\cos x \sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:46

Problem 46

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sin ^{3} x=\sin x-\sin x \cos ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:45

Problem 47

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sec x \cos ^{3} x=1-\sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:50

Problem 48

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sec ^{3} x=\frac{1+\tan ^{2} x}{\cos x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:40

Problem 49

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{1}{1+\cos x}+\frac{1}{1-\cos x}=2 \csc ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:09

Problem 50

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{1}{1+\cos x}+\frac{1}{1-\cos x}=-2 \csc ^{2} x \cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:05

Problem 51

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\sin x-\sin (-x)}{1-\cos ^{2} x}=2 \csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:55

Problem 52

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\cos x+\cos (-x)}{1-\sin ^{2} x}=2 \sec x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
02:04

Problem 53

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\sec ^{2} x}{1+\sin x}=\frac{\sec ^{2} x-\sec x \tan x}{\cos ^{2} x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:34

Problem 54

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\csc ^{2} x}{1+\cos x}=\frac{\csc ^{2} x-\csc x \cot x}{\sin ^{2} x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:48

Problem 55

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cos ^{2} x-\sin ^{2} x=1-2 \sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:38

Problem 56

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sec ^{2} x+\tan ^{2} x=1+2 \tan ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:18

Problem 57

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\tan x+\cot x=\sec x \csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
02:16

Problem 58

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\tan x-\cot x=\sec x \csc x-2 \cos x \csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:51

Problem 59

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cos ^{4} x-\sin ^{4} x=\cos ^{2} x-\sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:57

Problem 60

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cot ^{2} x-\tan ^{2} x=\csc ^{2} x-\sec ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:43

Problem 61

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\tan ^{2} x-1}{1+\tan ^{2} x}=2 \sin ^{2} x-1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:23

Problem 62

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\cot ^{2} x-1}{1+\cot ^{2} x}=2 \cos ^{2} x-1$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:15

Problem 63

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\csc ^{2} x+\sec ^{2} x=\csc ^{2} x \sec ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:43

Problem 64

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$1-\tan ^{4} x=\sec ^{2} x\left(1-\tan ^{2} x\right)$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:05

Problem 65

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sec ^{4} x-\tan ^{4} x=\sec ^{2} x+\tan ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:50

Problem 66

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$1-\sin ^{4} x=\cos ^{2} x+\cos ^{2} x \sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:23

Problem 67

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{1}{1+\cos x}=\csc ^{2} x-\cot x \csc x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:20

Problem 68

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{1}{1-\sin x}=\sec ^{2} x+\tan x \sec x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:57

Problem 69

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$(\csc x-\cot x)^{2}=\frac{1-\cos x}{1+\cos x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:48

Problem 70

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$(\sec x-\tan x)^{2}=\frac{1-\sin x}{1+\sin x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:02

Problem 71

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\cot x+\tan x=\sec ^{2} x \cot x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
03:43

Problem 72

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\sin x+\cos x+\frac{\sin x}{\cot x}=\sec x+\csc x-\frac{\cos x}{\tan x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:00

Problem 73

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\sec ^{2} x-1}{\tan x}=\frac{\sec x}{\csc x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:05

Problem 74

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\csc ^{2} x-1}{\cot x}=\frac{\csc x}{\sec x}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:21

Problem 75

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\sin x}{\csc x-\cot x}=1+\cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:09

Problem 76

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\frac{\cos x-\sin x}{\cos x+\sin x}=\frac{\cot x-1}{\cot x+1}$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:51

Problem 77

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$a \csc ^{2} x(1+\cos x)(1-\cos x)=a$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:59

Problem 78

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$b(\sec x-\tan x)(\sec x+\tan x)=b$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:46

Problem 79

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\ln |\tan x|=-\ln |\cot x|$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:40

Problem 80

In Exercises $27-80,$ verify the given identities.
$$\ln |\sec x|=-\ln |\cos x|$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:38

Problem 81

In Exercises $81-86,$ use a graphing utility to graph each side of the equation and decide whether the equation is an identity. You need not verify the ones that are identities.
$$\sin (x+\pi)=\sin x+\pi$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:30

Problem 82

In Exercises $81-86,$ use a graphing utility to graph each side of the equation and decide whether the equation is an identity. You need not verify the ones that are identities.
$$\cos 2 x=2 \cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:37

Problem 83

In Exercises $81-86,$ use a graphing utility to graph each side of the equation and decide whether the equation is an identity. You need not verify the ones that are identities.
$$\cos 2 x=1-2 \sin ^{2} x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:32

Problem 84

In Exercises $81-86,$ use a graphing utility to graph each side of the equation and decide whether the equation is an identity. You need not verify the ones that are identities.
$$\sin 2 x=2 \sin x \cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:30

Problem 85

In Exercises $81-86,$ use a graphing utility to graph each side of the equation and decide whether the equation is an identity. You need not verify the ones that are identities.
$$\sin (x-\pi)=\sin x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:26

Problem 86

In Exercises $81-86,$ use a graphing utility to graph each side of the equation and decide whether the equation is an identity. You need not verify the ones that are identities.
$$\cos (x+\pi)=-\cos x$$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:38

Problem 87

Explain why $\sin x=\sqrt{1-\cos ^{2} x}$ is not an identity.

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:36

Problem 88

What values of $x$ satisfy the equation $\sin x=\cos x ?$

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:35

Problem 89

Does the identity $\tan x \cos x=\sin x$ hold for $x=\frac{\pi}{2} ?$ Why or why not?

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
01:12

Problem 90

Does the identity csc $x \sin x=1$ hold for all real values of $x ?$ Why or why not?

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator
00:43

Problem 91

Use a graphing utility to find an equivalent expression for $\cos \left(x-\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$.

Joshua Eastwood
Joshua Eastwood
Numerade Educator