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

sec2 A + cosec2 A = sec2 A cosec2 A.

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

1cos2A+1sin2Asin2A+cos2Acos2A. sin2A1cos2A. sin2Asec2A.cosec2A\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\text{cos}^2 A} + \dfrac{1}{\text{sin}^2 A} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{\text{sin}^2 A +\text{cos}^2 A}{\text{cos}^2 A .\text{ sin}^2 A} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\text{cos}^2 A .\text{ sin}^2 A} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{sec}^2 A. \text{cosec}^2 A

Since, L.H.S. = R.H.S hence, proved that sec2 A + cosec2 A = sec2 A cosec2 A.

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