Simplifying Trigonometric expressions

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Hey guys, having a trig brain fart here, can you point me in the direction of simplifying:

[tex]\frac{6cos\vartheta}{2sin\vartheta-3cos\vartheta}[/tex]

or is it as simplified as it gets? \

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Thought about using double angle formula


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Just a point in the right direction would be helpful, i.e. what identity to use if the expression can be simplified
 
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You could try double angle formulas, but then you will probably end up with
[tex]\frac{6 \cos\theta}{2 \cos 2\theta - \sin\theta}[/tex]
or something like that.

You could rewrite [itex]\sin\theta = \tan\theta \cos\theta[/itex] and get rid of the cosine.

Other than that, I don't think there is much simplification possible.