Math, asked by deepakg1964, 10 months ago

if sec A - tanA= 4 , prove that cosA = 8/17
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Answers

Answered by AYANTIKmaestro
1

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply both sides with

cos

x

we get

tan

A

+

sec

A

=

4

1

+

sin

A

=

4

cos

A

Square both sides in the last one

1

+

2

sin

A

+

sin

2

A

=

16

cos

2

A

1

+

2

1

cos

2

A

=

16

cos

2

A

(

1

cos

2

A

)

2

1

cos

2

A

=

17

cos

2

A

2

Solving

2

1

cos

2

A

=

17

cos

2

A

2

with respect to

cos

A

we get

cos

A

=

±

8

17

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