Simplify and write the trigonometric expression in terms of sine and cosine:

sin x + (cot x)(cos x) = (1/f(x))
f(x)= ?

User Icon for Damon Damon answered
11 years ago

cot = cos/sin

sin x + cos^2 x /sin x = 1/y

sin^2 x + cos^2 x = sin x / y
but sin^2 + cos^2 = 1

so
y = sin x

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To simplify and write the trigonometric expression in terms of sine and cosine, we need to eliminate the cotangent term.

Recall the identities:
cot x = cos x / sin x
and
1/f(x) = cot x

By substituting cot x using the identity, we get:
sin x + (cos x / sin x) * cos x = 1 / f(x)

To simplify further, we need to clear the fraction by multiplying both sides of the equation by sin x:
sin x * sin x + cos x * cos x = sin x / f(x)

Using the Pythagorean identity:
sin² x + cos² x = 1

We can rewrite the expression as:
1 = sin x / f(x)

Now, to find f(x), we need to isolate it. We can do this by cross-multiplying:
sin x = f(x)

Therefore, f(x) = sin x.