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## {(tan φ+sec φ-1)/(tan φ-sec φ+1)}≡ {(1+sin φ)/cos φ}##[/B]
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## (sin φ+1-cos φ)/(sin φ+cos φ-1)##[/B]
How did you get this?chwala said:## (sin φ+1-cos φ)/(sin φ+cos φ-1)##
That is what i did...let me look at my working again...fresh_42 said:To deal with expressions ##a-1## in a denominator, it is often useful to expand the quotient by ##a+1\,.##
still not getting...how can you get ##a-1## in denominator?fresh_42 said:No, you expanded the entire thing by ##\cos \varphi##. Now you can go ahead and write the denominator as ##a-1## and make ##a^2-1## out of it.
not really...how ## cos ψ?##fresh_42 said:No, you expanded the entire thing by ##\cos \varphi##. Now you can go ahead and write the denominator as ##a-1## and make ##a^2-1## out of it.
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