How do you verify the identity #cotalpha+tanalpha=cscalphasecalpha#? Trigonometry Trigonometric Identities and Equations Proving Identities 1 Answer Narad T. Jan 19, 2017 See proof below Explanation: #cos^2alpha+sin^2alpha=1# #cotalpha=cosalpha/sinalpha# #tanalpha=sinalpha/cosalpha# #cscalpha=1/sinalpha# #secalpha=1/cosalpha# Therefore, #LHS=cotalpha+tanalpha# #=cosalpha/sinalpha+sinalpha/cosalpha# #=(cos^2alpha+sin^2alpha)/(sinalphacosalpha)# #=1/(sinalphacosalpha)# #=cscalphasecalpha# #=RHS# #QED# Answer link Related questions What does it mean to prove a trigonometric identity? How do you prove #\csc \theta \times \tan \theta = \sec \theta#? How do you prove #(1-\cos^2 x)(1+\cot^2 x) = 1#? How do you show that #2 \sin x \cos x = \sin 2x#? is true for #(5pi)/6#? How do you prove that #sec xcot x = csc x#? How do you prove that #cos 2x(1 + tan 2x) = 1#? How do you prove that #(2sinx)/[secx(cos4x-sin4x)]=tan2x#? How do you verify the identity: #-cotx =(sin3x+sinx)/(cos3x-cosx)#? How do you prove that #(tanx+cosx)/(1+sinx)=secx#? How do you prove the identity #(sinx - cosx)/(sinx + cosx) = (2sin^2x-1)/(1+2sinxcosx)#? See all questions in Proving Identities Impact of this question 6008 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License