Question 14 Marks
$\frac{\tan ^2 x}{1+\tan ^2 x}+\frac{\cot ^3 x}{1+\cot ^2 x}=\sec x \operatorname{cosec} x-2 \sin x \cos x$
Answer
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& \text { L.H.S. }=\frac{\tan ^3 x}{1+\tan ^2 x}+\frac{\cot ^3 x}{1+\cot ^2 x} \\
& =\frac{\left(\frac{\sin ^3 x}{\cos ^3 x}\right)}{\sec ^2 x}+\frac{\frac{\cos ^3 x}{\sin ^3 x}}{\operatorname{cosec}^2 x} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^3 x}{\cos ^3 x} \times \cos ^2 x+\frac{\cos ^3 x}{\sin ^3 x} \times \sin ^2 x \\
& =\frac{\sin ^3 x}{\cos x}+\frac{\cos ^3 x}{\sin x} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\frac{\left(\sin ^2 x\right)^2+\left(\cos ^2 x\right)^2}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\frac{\left(\sin ^2 x+\cos ^2 x\right)^2-2 \sin ^2 x \cos ^2 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& \cdots\left[\because a^2+b^2=(a+b)^2-2 a b\right] \\
& =\frac{1^2-2 \sin ^2 x \cos ^2 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\frac{1}{\cos x \sin x}-\frac{2 \sin ^2 x \cos ^2 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\sec x \cos x-2 \sin x \cos x \\
& =\mathrm{R} . \mathrm{H} \cdot \mathrm{S} \text {. } \\
\end{aligned}$
& \text { L.H.S. }=\frac{\tan ^3 x}{1+\tan ^2 x}+\frac{\cot ^3 x}{1+\cot ^2 x} \\
& =\frac{\left(\frac{\sin ^3 x}{\cos ^3 x}\right)}{\sec ^2 x}+\frac{\frac{\cos ^3 x}{\sin ^3 x}}{\operatorname{cosec}^2 x} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^3 x}{\cos ^3 x} \times \cos ^2 x+\frac{\cos ^3 x}{\sin ^3 x} \times \sin ^2 x \\
& =\frac{\sin ^3 x}{\cos x}+\frac{\cos ^3 x}{\sin x} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^4 x+\cos ^4 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\frac{\left(\sin ^2 x\right)^2+\left(\cos ^2 x\right)^2}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\frac{\left(\sin ^2 x+\cos ^2 x\right)^2-2 \sin ^2 x \cos ^2 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& \cdots\left[\because a^2+b^2=(a+b)^2-2 a b\right] \\
& =\frac{1^2-2 \sin ^2 x \cos ^2 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\frac{1}{\cos x \sin x}-\frac{2 \sin ^2 x \cos ^2 x}{\cos x \sin x} \\
& =\sec x \cos x-2 \sin x \cos x \\
& =\mathrm{R} . \mathrm{H} \cdot \mathrm{S} \text {. } \\
\end{aligned}$