Simplify Trigonometric Expressions - Questions With Answers

Use trigonometric identities and formulas to simplify trigonometric expressions. The trigonometric identities and formulas on this site might be helpful to solve the questions below.

Question 1:

Simplify the following trigonometric expression:

\(\csc(x) \sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2} - x\right)\)

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Question 2:

Simplify:

\[ \dfrac{\sin^4 x - \cos^4 x}{\sin^2 x - \cos^2 x} \]

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Question 3:

Simplify: \[ \dfrac{\sec(x) \sin^2 x}{1 + \sec(x)} \]

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Question 4:

Simplify: \[ \sin(-x) \cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2} - x\right) \]

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Question 5:

Simplify:

\(\sin^2 x - \cos^2 x \sin^2 x\)

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Question 6:

Simplify:

\(\tan^4 x + 2 \tan^2 x + 1\)

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Question 7:

Add and simplify:

\(\dfrac{1}{1 + \cos x} + \dfrac{1}{1 - \cos x}\)

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Question 8:

Simplify \(\sqrt{4 - 4 \sin^2 x}\) for \(\dfrac{\pi}{2} < x < \pi\)

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Question 9:

Simplify:

\(\dfrac{1 - \sin^4 x}{1 + \sin^2 x}\)

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Question 10:

Add and simplify:

\( \dfrac{1}{1 + \sin x} + \dfrac{1}{1 - \sin x} \)

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Question 11:

Simplify:

\(\cos x - \cos x \sin^2 x\)

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Question 12:

Simplify:

\(\tan^2 x \cos^2 x + \cot^2 x \sin^2 x\)

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Question 13:

Simplify:

\(\sec\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2} - x\right) - \tan\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2} - x\right) \sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{2} - x\right)\)

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