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Verify the identity algebraically.
sin θ + csc θ - sin^2 θ = cos^2 θ


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Verify the identity algebraically.
sin θ + csc θ = sin^2 θ = cos^2 θ
recheck your "equation" ... typo(s)?
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sin θ + csc θ - sin^2 θ = cos^2 θ

my apologies!
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my apologies!
not an identity ... check this fact with \theta = 0
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