8. Introduction to Trigonometry
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Prove that $\frac{\cot A-\cos A}{\cot A+\cos A}=\frac{\operatorname{cosec} A-1}{\operatorname{cosec} A+1}$

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Option D

Solution

$LHS =\frac{\cot A -\cos A }{\cot A +\cos A }=\frac{\frac{\cos A }{\sin A }-\cos A }{\frac{\cos A }{\sin A }+\cos A }$

$=\frac{\cos A\left(\frac{1}{\sin A}-1\right)}{\cos A\left(\frac{1}{\sin A}+1\right)}=\frac{\left(\frac{1}{\sin A}-1\right)}{\left(\frac{1}{\sin A}+1\right)}=\frac{\operatorname{cosec} A-1}{\operatorname{cosec} A+1}=R H S$

Standard 10
Mathematics

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