1. ## Trig Identity

Hey guys, I need a good refresher on identities. It has been awhile and Finals week is coming up. I'm stuck on this practice question our teacher gave us:

Simplify: $\displaystyle \frac{1+secx}{sinx+tanx}$

Edit: for some reason latex isn't working right for me but the following equation is as follows:
(1+secx)/(sinx+tanx)

I believe this simplifies to cscx but I can't seem to figure out how to get to it.

2. Start by writing everything in terms of sin(x) and cos(x), then getting common denominators...

3. Originally Posted by dagbayani481
Hey guys, I need a good refresher on identities. It has been awhile and Finals week is coming up. I'm stuck on this practice question our teacher gave us:

Simplify: $\displaystyle \frac{1+secx}{sinx+tanx}$

Edit: for some reason latex isn't working right for me but the following equation is as follows:
(1+secx)/(sinx+tanx)

I believe this simplifies to cscx but I can't seem to figure out how to get to it.
tan(x) can be written as sin(x)/ cos(x) = sin(x)*sec(x),. Put this in the problem and simplify.