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Question from Evan, a student:

Could you please help me with the following question

Prove that this is an identity...

sec2x = sec^2x / 2 - sec^2x

Evan,

On both sides write sec(A) as 1/cos(A). On the right side simplify by multiplying the numerator and denominator by cos2(x).

Harley

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