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Problem
Prove the following identity for every acute angle
θ
\theta
θ
: a. (i) Rewrite each trigonometric function in
sin
(
90
∘
−
θ
)
sec
θ
+
cos
(
90
∘
−
θ
)
csc
θ
\sin(90^{\circ}-\theta)\sec\theta + \cos(90^{\circ}-\theta)\csc\theta
sin
(
9
0
∘
−
θ
)
sec
θ
+
cos
(
9
0
∘
−
θ
)
csc
θ
solely in terms of
sin
θ
\sin\theta
sin
θ
and
cos
θ
\cos\theta
cos
θ
. b. (ii) Simplify the resulting expression step by step to show that it equals
2
2
2
.
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