Trig Substitution Problem w/ tan substitution

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Homework Statement



Under #3

Homework Equations



Trig identities

The Attempt at a Solution



The picture attached is my attempt. The square in the upper upper left is the problem and the one in the lower right is my solution. I'm seeing that I'm getting the wrong answer, but not how.

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You should type in the problem at least.
The formula for csc (theta) is wrong, You miss a square root.
 
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I miss a square root? Where does a square root come into play? None of the sides of the triangle should have a square root in them.
 
Burjam said:
I miss a square root? Where does a square root come into play? None of the sides of the triangle should have a square root in them.
Really? So the dimension of the sides of a right triangle is length, but that of the hypotenuse is length-squared?
Recall Pythagoras' Theorem.
 
Haha sorry I did this while really tired... my bad.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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