Is sec(2x)=((sec^2(x)))/(2-sec^2(x)) ?

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prove sec(2x)=((sec^2(x)))/(2-sec^2(x))

Solution

prove

sec (2 x) = \frac{( sec ^{2} ( x ) )}{2 - sec ^{2} ( x )}

Solution

True

Solution steps

sec (2 x) = \frac{sec ^{2} ( x )}{2 - sec ^{2} ( x )}

Manipulating right side

\frac{sec ^{2} ( x )}{2 - sec ^{2} ( x )}

Express with sin, cos

\frac{sec ^{2} ( x )}{2 - sec ^{2} ( x )}

Use the basic trigonometric identity:

sec (x) = \frac{1}{cos ( x )}

= \frac{( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{2 - ( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}

Simplify

\frac{( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{2 - ( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}} : \frac{1}{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}

\frac{( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{2 - ( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}

(\frac{1}{cos ( x )})^{2} = \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

(\frac{1}{cos ( x )})^{2}

Apply exponent rule:

(\frac{a}{b})^{c} = \frac{a ^{c}}{b ^{c}}

= \frac{1 ^{2}}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Apply rule

1^{a} = 1

1^{2} = 1

= \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{( \frac{1}{c o s ( x )} ) ^{2}}{2 - \frac{1}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}

(\frac{1}{cos ( x )})^{2} = \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

(\frac{1}{cos ( x )})^{2}

Apply exponent rule:

(\frac{a}{b})^{c} = \frac{a ^{c}}{b ^{c}}

= \frac{1 ^{2}}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Apply rule

1^{a} = 1

1^{2} = 1

= \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{\frac{1}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}{2 - \frac{1}{c o s ^{2} ( x )}}

Apply the fraction rule:

\frac{\frac{b}{c}}{a} = \frac{b}{c \cdot a}

= \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x ) ( 2 - \frac{1}{c o s ^{2} ( x )} )}

Join

2 - \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )} : \frac{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

2 - \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Convert element to fraction:

2 = \frac{2 cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{2 cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )} - \frac{1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions:

\frac{a}{c} \pm \frac{b}{c} = \frac{a \pm b}{c}

= \frac{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

= \frac{1}{\frac{2 c o s ^{2} ( x ) - 1}{c o s ^{2} ( x )} cos ^{2} ( x )}

Multiply

cos^{2} (x) \frac{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}{cos ^{2} ( x )} : 2 cos^{2} (x) - 1

cos^{2} (x) \frac{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Multiply fractions:

a \cdot \frac{b}{c} = \frac{a \cdot b}{c}

= \frac{( 2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1 ) cos ^{2} ( x )}{cos ^{2} ( x )}

Cancel the common factor:

cos^{2} (x)

= 2 cos^{2} (x) - 1

= \frac{1}{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}

= \frac{1}{2 cos ^{2} ( x ) - 1}

= \frac{1}{- 1 + 2 cos ^{2} ( x )}

Rewrite using trig identities

\frac{1}{- 1 + 2 cos ^{2} ( x )}

Use the Double Angle identity:

2 cos^{2} (x) - 1 = cos (2 x)

= \frac{1}{cos ( 2 x )}

= \frac{1}{cos ( 2 x )}

Rewrite using trig identities

Use the basic trigonometric identity:

cos (x) = \frac{1}{sec ( x )}

\frac{1}{\frac{1}{s e c ( 2 x )}}

Simplify

\frac{1}{\frac{1}{s e c ( 2 x )}}

Apply the fraction rule:

\frac{1}{\frac{b}{c}} = \frac{c}{b}

= \frac{sec ( 2 x )}{1}

Apply rule

\frac{a}{1} = a

= sec (2 x)

sec (2 x)

sec (2 x)

We showed that the two sides could take the same form

\Rightarrow True

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