Question 13 Marks
Prove the following : $\frac{(1+\cot \theta+\tan \theta)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\sec ^3 \theta-\operatorname{cosec}^3 \theta}=\sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta$
Answer
View full question & answer→$\text { L.H.S. }=\frac{(1+\cot \theta+\tan \theta)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\sec ^3 \theta-\operatorname{cosec}^3 \theta}$
$=\frac{\left(1+\frac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}+\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}\right)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\frac{1}{\cos ^3 \theta}-\frac{1}{\sin ^3 \theta}}$
$=\frac{\left(\frac{\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta+\sin ^2 \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}\right)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\frac{\sin ^3 \theta-\cos ^3 \theta}{\sin ^3 \theta \cos ^3 \theta}}$
$=\frac{\left(\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta+\sin ^2 \theta\right)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}\times \frac{\sin ^3 \theta \cos ^3 \theta}{\sin ^3 \theta-\cos ^3 \theta}$
$=\frac{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^2 \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta\right) \sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta}{\sin ^3 \theta-\cos ^3 \theta}$
$=\frac{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^2 \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta\right) \sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta}{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^2 \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta\right)}$
$\ldots\left[\because a^3-b^3=(a-b)\left(a^2+a b+b^2\right)\right]$
$=\sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta$
$=\text { R.H.S. }$
$=\frac{\left(1+\frac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}+\frac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}\right)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\frac{1}{\cos ^3 \theta}-\frac{1}{\sin ^3 \theta}}$
$=\frac{\left(\frac{\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta+\sin ^2 \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}\right)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\frac{\sin ^3 \theta-\cos ^3 \theta}{\sin ^3 \theta \cos ^3 \theta}}$
$=\frac{\left(\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta+\sin ^2 \theta\right)(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}\times \frac{\sin ^3 \theta \cos ^3 \theta}{\sin ^3 \theta-\cos ^3 \theta}$
$=\frac{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^2 \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta\right) \sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta}{\sin ^3 \theta-\cos ^3 \theta}$
$=\frac{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^2 \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta\right) \sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta}{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^2 \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^2 \theta\right)}$
$\ldots\left[\because a^3-b^3=(a-b)\left(a^2+a b+b^2\right)\right]$
$=\sin ^2 \theta \cos ^2 \theta$
$=\text { R.H.S. }$





