Question

cosx/(1+secx)

Please help me simplify this expression.

Answer 1

cosx/(1+1/cosx)
= cosx/( (cosx + 1)/cosx )
= cosx * cosx/(cox + 1)
= cos^2x /(cosx + 1)

Not much of a simplification , I would say the original is more "simplified"

Answer 2

Thank you!