Prove (1+cos x/1+cot x) = tan x

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November 15th 2010, 04:03 PM
tmas

Prove (1+cos x/1+cot x) = tan x

So when I did this the proof I got was -tanx and i can't really see where i went wrong:

1+tanx/1+cotx =tanx

(1-cotx/1-cotx) (1+tanx/1+cotx)

1+tanx-cotx-cotxtanx/ 1-cot^2x

(1+(sinx/cosx) - (cosx/sinx) - (cosx/sinx)(sinx/cosx)) / 1-(cos^2x/sin^2x)

((sin^2xcosx- sinxcos^2x/sinxcosx)/( (sin^2x/sin^2x) - (cos^2x/sin^2x)))

((sinxcosx(sinx-cosx)/sinxcosx)) / sin^2x-cos^2x)

sinx-cosx/(sin^2x-cos^2x/sin^2x)

sinx -cosx /1 times sin^2x/(sin^2x-cos^2x)

sin^2x/(sinx-cosx)

- sinx/cosx

-tanx

Hopefully this makes sense ....
November 15th 2010, 04:15 PM
skeeter

btw , fix your post title ...

$\displaystyle \frac{1+\tan{x}}{1 + \cot{x}} \cdot \frac{\sin{x}\cos{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x}} =$

$\displaystyle \frac{\sin{x}\cos{x} + \sin^2{x}}{\sin{x}\cos{x} + \cos^2{x}} =$

$\displaystyle \frac{\sin{x}(\cos{x} + \sin{x})}{\cos{x}(\sin{x} + \cos{x})} =$

$\displaystyle \frac{\sin{x}}{\cos{x}}$
November 15th 2010, 04:16 PM
sa-ri-ga-ma

$\frac{1 + tanx}{1 + cotx} = \frac{tanx(1 + tanx)}{tanx(1 + cotx)}$

Simplify the denominator and proceed.

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