Simplify 2/(1+cos(x))+2/(1-cos(x))

$\frac{2}{1 + \cos (x)} + \frac{2}{1 - \cos (x)}$

To write $\frac{2}{1 + \cos (x)}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{1 - \cos (x)}{1 - \cos (x)}$ .

$\frac{2}{1 + \cos (x)} \cdot \frac{1 - \cos (x)}{1 - \cos (x)} + \frac{2}{1 - \cos (x)}$

To write $\frac{2}{1 - \cos (x)}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{1 + \cos (x)}{1 + \cos (x)}$ .

$\frac{2}{1 + \cos (x)} \cdot \frac{1 - \cos (x)}{1 - \cos (x)} + \frac{2}{1 - \cos (x)} \cdot \frac{1 + \cos (x)}{1 + \cos (x)}$

Write each expression with a common denominator of $(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

Multiply $\frac{2}{1 + \cos (x)}$ by $\frac{1 - \cos (x)}{1 - \cos (x)}$ .

$\frac{2 (1 - \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))} + \frac{2}{1 - \cos (x)} \cdot \frac{1 + \cos (x)}{1 + \cos (x)}$

Multiply $\frac{2}{1 - \cos (x)}$ by $\frac{1 + \cos (x)}{1 + \cos (x)}$ .

$\frac{2 (1 - \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))} + \frac{2 (1 + \cos (x))}{(1 - \cos (x)) (1 + \cos (x))}$

Reorder the factors of $(1 - \cos (x)) (1 + \cos (x))$ .

$\frac{2 (1 - \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))} + \frac{2 (1 + \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{2 (1 - \cos (x)) + 2 (1 + \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$

Simplify the numerator.

Factor $2$ out of $2 (1 - \cos (x)) + 2 (1 + \cos (x))$ .

$\frac{2 (1 - \cos (x) + 1 + \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{2 (2 - \cos (x) + \cos (x))}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$

Add $- \cos (x)$ and $\cos (x)$ .

$\frac{2 (2 + 0)}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$

Add $2$ and $0$ .

$\frac{2 \cdot 2}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$\frac{4}{(1 + \cos (x)) (1 - \cos (x))}$