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Prove that :

sinAsin3Acos3AcosA×(secAcosecA)=cosecA(cotA1)\dfrac{\sin A - \sin^3 A}{\cos^3 A - \cos A} \times (\sec A - \cosec A) = \cosec A(\cot A - 1)

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Solving L.H.S,

sinAsin3Acos3AcosA×(secAcosecA)sinA(1sin2A)cosA(cos2A1)×(1cosA1sinA)sinA(1sin2A)cosA(1cos2A)×(1cosA1sinA)sinA(cos2A)cosA(sin2A)×(sinAcosAcosAsinA)cosAsinA×(sinAcosAcosAsinA)(sinAcosAsin2A)cosAsinAsin2A1sinA(cosAsinAsinA)1sinA(cosAsinAsinAsinA)cosecA(cotA1).\Rightarrow \dfrac{\sin A - \sin^3 A}{\cos^3 A - \cos A} \times (\sec A - \cosec A) \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{\sin A(1 - \sin^2 A)}{\cos A(\cos^2 A - 1)} \times \Big(\dfrac{1}{\cos A} - \dfrac{1}{\sin A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{\sin A(1 - \sin^2 A)}{-\cos A(1- \cos^2 A)} \times \Big(\dfrac{1}{\cos A} - \dfrac{1}{\sin A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{\sin A (\cos^2 A)}{-\cos A(\sin^2 A)} \times \Big(\dfrac{\sin A - \cos A}{\cos A \sin A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow -\dfrac{\cos A}{\sin A} \times \Big(\dfrac{\sin A - \cos A}{\cos A \sin A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow -\Big(\dfrac{\sin A - \cos A}{\sin^2 A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{\cos A - \sin A}{\sin^2 A} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\sin A} \Big(\dfrac{\cos A - \sin A}{\sin A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\sin A} \Big(\dfrac{\cos A}{\sin A} - \dfrac{\sin A}{\sin A}\Big) \\[1em] \Rightarrow \cosec A (\cot A - 1).

Since,

L.H.S = R.H.S

Hence, proved that

sinAsin3Acos3AcosA×(secAcosecA)=cosecA(cotA1)\dfrac{\sin A - \sin^3 A}{\cos^3 A - \cos A} \times (\sec A - \cosec A) = \cosec A(\cot A - 1).

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