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Prove that sqrt(sec^2 theta + cosec^2 theta) = tan theta + cot theta - Mathematics

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Prove that `sqrt(sec^2 theta + cosec^2 theta) = tan theta + cot theta`

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Solution

LHS:

`sqrt(sec^2theta + cosec^2theta)`

`= sqrt(1/cos^2theta + 1/sin^2theta)`

Taking LCM:

`= sqrt ((sin^2theta + cos^2theta)/(sin^2 theta cos^2theta))`

Using the identity sin⁡2θ + cos⁡2θ = 1:

`= sqrt(1/(sin^2theta cos^2theta))`

`= 1/(sintheta costheta)`

RHS:

tanθ + cotθ

`= sintheta/costheta + costheta/sintheta`

Taking LCM:

`= (sin^2theta + cos^2theta)/(sintheta costheta)`

Using sin⁡2θ + cos⁡2θ = 1:

`= 1/(sintheta costheta)`

LHS = RHS

`sqrt(sec^2theta + cosec^2theta) = tantheta + cottheta`

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