Simplifying Trigonometric Identities Examples
Simplifying Trigonometric Identities Examples
Trigonometric
Identities
Reciprocal Identities
sec2 θ−tan 2 θ
sin θ
2 2
sec θ − tan θ
=
sin θ
Quotient Identities
2
tan θ +1− 2
tan θ
=
sin θ
Pythagorean Identities 1
𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ = 1
2 2 =
sin θ
𝑡𝑎𝑛2 θ + 1 = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 θ
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 θ = 𝑐𝑠𝑐 θ
2 2 = 𝐜𝐬𝐜 𝜽
Reciprocal Identities
𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ + 𝑐𝑜𝑡θ𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
𝑐𝑜𝑡θ
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ + 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ + 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
= 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ =
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
𝑠𝑖𝑛θ 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
Quotient Identities
2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ
=
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
Pythagorean Identities 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ = 1
2 2
= 2𝑐𝑜𝑠θ•
𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
𝑡𝑎𝑛2 θ + 1 = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 θ
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 θ = 𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 θ = 2𝑠𝑖𝑛θ
Reciprocal Identities
𝑠𝑒𝑐θ − 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ𝑡𝑎𝑛θ
1 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ 1 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ
= − 𝑠𝑖𝑛θ = −
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
Quotient Identities 2
1− 𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ
=
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
Pythagorean Identities 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2
=
𝑠𝑖𝑛 θ + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 θ = 1
2 2
𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
𝑡𝑎𝑛2 θ + 1 = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 θ
1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 θ = 𝑐𝑠𝑐 2 θ = 𝑐𝑜𝑠θ
1. csc 𝑥 sec 𝑥 − tan 𝑥
tan 𝑥+sin x sec 𝑥
2.
csc 𝑥 tan 𝑥