Please help me with simplifying steps

**Tessarina** · September 16th 2011, 01:50 AM

PLEASE HELP!
Show that- please show actual steps because I don't understand
(cosA/1+sinA)+(1+sinA/cosA) simplifies to 2/cosA

**Traveller** · September 16th 2011, 02:27 AM

The equation is most probably this:

$\frac{cos A}{1 + sin A} + \frac {1 + sin A}{cos A} = \frac {2}{cos A}$

How far have you progressed?

**Tessarina** · September 16th 2011, 02:35 AM

I don't think that is right because it doesn't equal 2/cosa, it only simplifies to it.

**Traveller** · September 16th 2011, 02:43 AM

What you had written seemed ambiguous. So I latexed it correctly. How far have you simplified the expression?

**HallsofIvy** · September 16th 2011, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by Tessarina

I don't think that is right because it doesn't equal 2/cosa, it only simplifies to it.

Then I guess the question is "what in the world do you mean by simplifies"?

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