Trigonometry Examples

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = \sec^{2} (x) - 2 \tan^{2} (x)$

Step 1

Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $\sec^{2} (x)$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \sec^{2} (x) = - 2 \tan^{2} (x)$

Step 1.2

Add $2 \tan^{2} (x)$ to both sides of the equation.

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \sec^{2} (x) + 2 \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2

Simplify $\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \sec^{2} (x) + 2 \tan^{2} (x)$ .

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Step 2.1

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.1.1

Rewrite $\sec (x)$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - {(\frac{1}{\cos (x)})}^{2} + 2 \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.1.2

Apply the product rule to $\frac{1}{\cos (x)}$ .

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \frac{1^{2}}{\cos^{2} (x)} + 2 \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.1.3

One to any power is one.

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + 2 \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.1.4

Rewrite $\tan (x)$ in terms of sines and cosines.

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + 2 {(\frac{\sin (x)}{\cos (x)})}^{2} = 0$

Step 2.1.5

Apply the product rule to $\frac{\sin (x)}{\cos (x)}$ .

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + 2 \frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.1.6

Combine $2$ and $\frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)}$ .

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2

Simplify each term.

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Step 2.2.1

Factor $\cos (x)$ out of $\cos^{2} (x)$ .

$\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos (x) \cos (x)} - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.2

Separate fractions.

$\frac{1}{\cos (x)} \cdot \frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos (x)} - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.3

Rewrite $\frac{\cos (2 x)}{\cos (x)}$ as a product.

$\frac{1}{\cos (x)} (\cos (2 x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.4

Write $\cos (2 x)$ as a fraction with denominator $1$ .

$\frac{1}{\cos (x)} (\frac{\cos (2 x)}{1} \cdot \frac{1}{\cos (x)}) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.5

Simplify.

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Step 2.2.5.1

Divide $\cos (2 x)$ by $1$ .

$\frac{1}{\cos (x)} (\cos (2 x) \frac{1}{\cos (x)}) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.5.2

Convert from $\frac{1}{\cos (x)}$ to $\sec (x)$ .

$\frac{1}{\cos (x)} (\cos (2 x) \sec (x)) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.6

Convert from $\frac{1}{\cos (x)}$ to $\sec (x)$ .

$\sec (x) (\cos (2 x) \sec (x)) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.7

Multiply $\sec (x) (\cos (2 x) \sec (x))$ .

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Step 2.2.7.1

Raise $\sec (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sec^{1} (x) \sec (x) \cos (2 x) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.7.2

Raise $\sec (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sec^{1} (x) \sec^{1} (x) \cos (2 x) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.7.3

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

${\sec (x)}^{1 + 1} \cos (2 x) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.7.4

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \frac{1}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.8

Rewrite $1$ as $1^{2}$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \frac{1^{2}}{\cos^{2} (x)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.9

Rewrite $\frac{1^{2}}{\cos^{2} (x)}$ as ${(\frac{1}{\cos (x)})}^{2}$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - {(\frac{1}{\cos (x)})}^{2} + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.10

Convert from $\frac{1}{\cos (x)}$ to $\sec (x)$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + \frac{2 \sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.11

Multiply by $1$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + \frac{2 (\sin^{2} (x) \cdot 1)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.12

Multiply by $1$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + \frac{2 (\sin^{2} (x) \cdot 1)}{\cos^{2} (x) \cdot 1} = 0$

Step 2.2.13

Separate fractions.

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + \frac{2 \cdot (1)}{1} \cdot \frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)} = 0$

Step 2.2.14

Convert from $\frac{\sin^{2} (x)}{\cos^{2} (x)}$ to $\tan^{2} (x)$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + \frac{2 \cdot (1)}{1} \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.2.15

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + \frac{2}{1} \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 2.2.16

Divide $2$ by $1$ .

$\sec^{2} (x) \cos (2 x) - \sec^{2} (x) + 2 \tan^{2} (x) = 0$

Step 3

Set the argument in $\sec (x)$ equal to $\frac{π}{2} + π n$ to find where the expression is undefined.

$x = \frac{π}{2} + π n$ , for any integer $n$

Step 4

The equation is undefined where the denominator equals $0$ , the argument of a square root is less than $0$ , or the argument of a logarithm is less than or equal to $0$ .

${x | x = \frac{π}{2} + π n}$ $n$ , for any integer $n$

Step 5