CBSE 2025 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q27 · 3 marks
Prove that : $\displaystyle \frac{\tan \theta}{1-\cot \theta}+\frac{\cot \theta}{1-\tan \theta}=1+\sec \theta \operatorname{cosec} \theta$Prove that : $\displaystyle \frac{\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A}}{\sin \mathrm{A}-\cos \mathrm{A}}+\frac{\sin \mathrm{A}-\cos \mathrm{A}}{\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A}}=\frac{2}{2 \sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}-1}$
Prove that : $\displaystyle \frac{\tan \theta}{1-\cot \theta}+\frac{\cot \theta}{1-\tan \theta}=1+\sec \theta \operatorname{cosec} \theta$
Prove that : $\displaystyle \frac{\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A}}{\sin \mathrm{A}-\cos \mathrm{A}}+\frac{\sin \mathrm{A}-\cos \mathrm{A}}{\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A}}=\frac{2}{2 \sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}-1}$
Marking-scheme solution
\[\begin{aligned}
\mathrm{LHS} & =\frac{\tan \theta}{1-\cot \theta}+\frac{\cot \theta}{1-\tan \theta} \\
& =\frac{\dfrac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}}{1-\dfrac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}}+\frac{\dfrac{\cos \theta}{\sin \theta}}{1-\dfrac{\sin \theta}{\cos \theta}} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^{2} \theta}{\cos \theta(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}-\frac{\cos ^{2} \theta}{\sin \theta(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)} \\
& =\frac{1}{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)}\left[\frac{\sin ^{3} \theta-\cos ^{3} \theta}{\sin \theta \cos \theta}\right] \\
& =\frac{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta)\left(\sin ^{2} \theta+\sin \theta \cos \theta+\cos ^{2} \theta\right)}{(\sin \theta-\cos \theta) \sin \theta \cos \theta} \\
& =\frac{(1+\sin \theta \cos \theta)}{\sin \theta \cos \theta} \\
& =1+\sec \theta \operatorname{cosec} \theta=\mathrm{RHS}
\end{aligned}
\]
\[\begin{aligned}
\mathrm{LHS} & =\frac{\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A}}{\sin \mathrm{~A}-\cos \mathrm{A}}+\frac{\sin \mathrm{A}-\cos \mathrm{A}}{\sin \mathrm{~A}+\cos \mathrm{A}} \\
& =\frac{(\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A})^{2}+(\sin \mathrm{A}-\cos \mathrm{A})^{2}}{(\sin \mathrm{~A}-\cos \mathrm{A})(\sin \mathrm{A}+\cos \mathrm{A})} \\
& =\frac{\sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}+\cos ^{2} \mathrm{~A}+2 \sin \mathrm{~A} \cos \mathrm{~A}+\sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}+\cos ^{2} \mathrm{~A}-2 \sin \mathrm{~A} \cos \mathrm{~A}}{\sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}-\cos ^{2} \mathrm{~A}} \\
& =\frac{1+1}{\sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}-\left(1-\sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}\right)} \\
& =\frac{2}{2 \sin ^{2} \mathrm{~A}-1}=\mathrm{RHS}
\end{aligned}
\]
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