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Prove the following identities, where the angles involved are acute angles for which the trigonometric ratios are defined:

tan3 θ1tan θ1=sec2 θ+tan θ.\dfrac{\text{tan}^3 \text{ θ} - 1}{\text{tan θ} - 1} = \text{sec}^2 \text{ θ} + \text{tan θ}.

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As, a3 - b3 = (a - b)(a2 + ab + b2)

∴ tan3 θ - (1)3 = (tan θ - 1)(tan2 θ + tan θ + 1)

The L.H.S. of the equation can be written as,

(tan θ - 1)(tan2 θ+tan θ + 1)tan θ - 1tan2 θ+tan θ + 1sec2 θ1+1+tan θsec2 θ+tan θ\Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{(tan θ - 1)}(\text{tan}^2 \text{ θ} + \text{tan θ + 1})}{\text{tan θ - 1}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{tan}^2 \text{ θ} + \text{tan θ + 1} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{sec}^2 \text{ θ} - 1 + 1 + \text{tan θ} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{sec}^2 \text{ θ} + \text{tan θ}

Since, L.H.S. = R.H.S. hence, proved that tan3 θ1tan θ - 1\dfrac{\text{tan}^3 \text{ θ} - 1}{\text{tan θ - 1}} = sec2 θ + tan θ.

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