im in dire need of assistance with this question can someone please help?
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Making assumptions about where parentheses should be,
cosx/(secx - 1) =
(secx + 1)/(secx + 1) cosx/(secx - 1) =
(secx cosx + cosx)/(sec^2x - 1) =
(1 + cosx)/tan^2x =
(cosx + 1)/tan^2x
cosx/(secx - 1) =
(secx + 1)/(secx + 1) cosx/(secx - 1) =
(secx cosx + cosx)/(sec^2x - 1) =
(1 + cosx)/tan^2x =
(cosx + 1)/tan^2x
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(secx-1)(cosx+1)=sin^2x/cosx
1/cosx-cosx=sin^2x/cosx
cosx((1-cos^x)/cosx)=(sin^2x/cosx)cosx
1=sin^2x+cos^2x
1/cosx-cosx=sin^2x/cosx
cosx((1-cos^x)/cosx)=(sin^2x/cosx)cosx
1=sin^2x+cos^2x