Target Mathematics

2.31: Cosecant–cotangent over 1 − cos

0606/23/O/N/19 — Question 2 · 5 marks

(i)
Show that cscxcotx1cosx=cscx\dfrac{\csc x - \cot x}{1 - \cos x} = \csc x.
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(ii)
Hence solve cscxcotx1cosx=2\dfrac{\csc x - \cot x}{1 - \cos x} = 2 for 0°<x<180°0^{\degree} < x < 180^{\degree}.
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