Math  /  Trigonometry

QuestionWhich of the following is equivalent to cos(2θ)sin2θ\frac{\cos (2 \theta)}{\sin ^{2} \theta} for all values of θ\theta for which cos(2θ)sin2θ\frac{\cos (2 \theta)}{\sin ^{2} \theta} is defined?
Select the correct answer below: secθ2sinθtanθ\sec \theta-2 \sin \theta \tan \theta 2cot2θcsc2θ2 \cot ^{2} \theta-\csc ^{2} \theta cot2θ2cos2θ\cot ^{2} \theta-2 \cos ^{2} \theta 2sinθ2 \sin \theta sinθcosθtanθ\sin \theta \cos \theta-\tan \theta

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STEP 1

What is this asking? We need to find an equivalent expression to cos(2θ)sin2θ\frac{\cos(2\theta)}{\sin^2 \theta} using trigonometric identities. Watch out! Remember the trigonometric identities, especially the double-angle formulas for cosine!
Also, be mindful of the values of θ\theta for which the given expression is undefined.

STEP 2

1. Simplify using the double-angle formula
2. Transform to single-angle trigonometric functions

STEP 3

We're starting with cos(2θ)sin2θ\frac{\cos(2\theta)}{\sin^2 \theta}.
There are a few double-angle formulas for cos(2θ)\cos(2\theta), but since we have a sin2θ\sin^2 \theta in the denominator, the most useful one is cos(2θ)=12sin2θ\cos(2\theta) = 1 - 2\sin^2 \theta.
This will allow us to simplify things nicely!

STEP 4

Let's **substitute** this into our original expression: cos(2θ)sin2θ=12sin2θsin2θ \frac{\cos(2\theta)}{\sin^2 \theta} = \frac{1 - 2\sin^2 \theta}{\sin^2 \theta} Now, we can **split** the fraction into two parts: 12sin2θsin2θ=1sin2θ2sin2θsin2θ \frac{1 - 2\sin^2 \theta}{\sin^2 \theta} = \frac{1}{\sin^2 \theta} - \frac{2\sin^2 \theta}{\sin^2 \theta} Since sin2θsin2θ=1\frac{\sin^2 \theta}{\sin^2 \theta} = 1, we have: 1sin2θ2 \frac{1}{\sin^2 \theta} - 2

STEP 5

Remember that 1sinθ=cscθ\frac{1}{\sin \theta} = \csc \theta, so 1sin2θ=csc2θ\frac{1}{\sin^2 \theta} = \csc^2 \theta.
Let's use this!

STEP 6

Substituting this into our expression, we get: csc2θ2 \csc^2 \theta - 2 Now, we look at the available options and notice that none of them match exactly.
However, we remember another useful identity: 1+cot2θ=csc2θ1 + \cot^2 \theta = \csc^2 \theta.

STEP 7

Let's rewrite csc2θ\csc^2 \theta as 1+cot2θ1 + \cot^2 \theta: csc2θ2=(1+cot2θ)2=cot2θ1 \csc^2 \theta - 2 = (1 + \cot^2 \theta) - 2 = \cot^2 \theta - 1 Still no exact match!
But we know another identity: 1=sin2θ+cos2θ1 = \sin^2 \theta + \cos^2 \theta.
Substituting this for 1 gives us: cot2θ(sin2θ+cos2θ)=cot2θsin2θcos2θ \cot^2 \theta - (\sin^2 \theta + \cos^2 \theta) = \cot^2 \theta - \sin^2 \theta - \cos^2 \theta We can also use the identity cot2θ=csc2θ1\cot^2 \theta = \csc^2 \theta - 1 to rewrite our expression as: csc2θ12=csc2θ3 \csc^2 \theta - 1 - 2 = \csc^2 \theta - 3 And since 1=sin2θ+cos2θ1 = \sin^2 \theta + \cos^2 \theta, we can rewrite 3 as 3(sin2θ+cos2θ)3(\sin^2 \theta + \cos^2 \theta). Let's go back to csc2θ2\csc^2 \theta - 2.
We know that csc2θ=1+cot2θ\csc^2 \theta = 1 + \cot^2 \theta, so we can write: csc2θ2=(1+cot2θ)2=cot2θ1 \csc^2 \theta - 2 = (1 + \cot^2 \theta) - 2 = \cot^2 \theta - 1 Since 1=csc2θcot2θ1 = \csc^2 \theta - \cot^2 \theta, we can write 2=2csc2θ2cot2θ2 = 2\csc^2 \theta - 2\cot^2 \theta.
Then, csc2θ2=csc2θ(2csc2θ2cot2θ)=2cot2θcsc2θ \csc^2 \theta - 2 = \csc^2 \theta - (2\csc^2 \theta - 2\cot^2 \theta) = 2\cot^2 \theta - \csc^2 \theta

STEP 8

The equivalent expression is 2cot2θcsc2θ2 \cot^2 \theta - \csc^2 \theta.

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