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Differential Equations PLEASE!
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nicksauce said:It seems that you didn't multiply tan(x) with the -cos(x) term.
nicksauce said:Like I said, you wrote:
-sin^2 x + cos^2 x +sinx +[tan x] sinxcosx -cosx = cos^2x
When it should be:
-sin^2 x + cos^2 x +sinx +[tan x]( sinxcosx -cosx) = cos^2x
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