Albert wants to show that tan θ sin θ + cos θ = sec θ. He writes the following proof:

tangent theta sine theta plus cosine theta equals secant theta line break start fraction sine theta over cosine theta end fraction sine theta equals secant theta line break start fraction sine squared theta over cosine theta end fraction plus cosine theta equals secant theta

What is the next step in this proof?
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Responses

He should write tangent theta equals start fraction sine theta over cosine theta end fraction to find a common denominator.
He should write Image with alt text: tangent theta equals start fraction sine theta over cosine theta end fraction to find a common denominator.

He should write cosine theta equals start fraction cosine squared theta over cosine theta end fraction to find a common denominator.
He should write Image with alt text: cosine theta equals start fraction cosine squared theta over cosine theta end fraction to find a common denominator.

He should write cosine theta equals 1 minus sine theta to convert all the terms to sine.
He should write Image with alt text: cosine theta equals 1 minus sine theta to convert all the terms to sine.

He should write sine theta equals 1 minus cosine theta to convert all the terms to cosine.
He should write Image with alt text: sine theta equals 1 minus cosine theta to convert all the terms to cosine.

1 answer

To continue Albert's proof effectively, he should focus on finding a common denominator with the terms involved.

The equation he started with is:

\[ \tan \theta \sin \theta + \cos \theta = \sec \theta \]

He later expressed \( \tan \theta \) as \( \frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta} \), leading to:

\[ \frac{\sin^2 \theta}{\cos \theta} + \cos \theta = \sec \theta \]

At this point, a common denominator for the left side of the equation is needed to combine the terms properly.

Since one of the terms is already expressed with \(\cos \theta\) in the denominator, the logical step would be to express \(\cos \theta\) in the same form:

He should write \( \cos \theta = \frac{\cos^2 \theta}{\cos \theta} \) to find a common denominator.

Therefore, the correct choice is:

He should write cosine theta equals start fraction cosine squared theta over cosine theta end fraction to find a common denominator.