Simplify (cot(x)-csc(x))(cot(x)+csc(x))

$(\cot (x) - \csc (x)) (\cot (x) + \csc (x))$

Step 1

Expand $(\cot (x) - \csc (x)) (\cot (x) + \csc (x))$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\cot (x) (\cot (x) + \csc (x)) - \csc (x) (\cot (x) + \csc (x))$

Apply the distributive property.

$\cot (x) \cot (x) + \cot (x) \csc (x) - \csc (x) (\cot (x) + \csc (x))$

Apply the distributive property.

$\cot (x) \cot (x) + \cot (x) \csc (x) - \csc (x) \cot (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Step 2

Simplify terms.

Combine the opposite terms in $\cot (x) \cot (x) + \cot (x) \csc (x) - \csc (x) \cot (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$ .

Reorder the factors in the terms $\cot (x) \csc (x)$ and $- \csc (x) \cot (x)$ .

$\cot (x) \cot (x) + \cot (x) \csc (x) - \cot (x) \csc (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Subtract $\cot (x) \csc (x)$ from $\cot (x) \csc (x)$ .

$\cot (x) \cot (x) + 0 - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Add $\cot (x) \cot (x)$ and $0$ .

$\cot (x) \cot (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Simplify each term.

Multiply $\cot (x) \cot (x)$ .

Raise $\cot (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\cot^{1} (x) \cot (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Raise $\cot (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\cot^{1} (x) \cot^{1} (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

${\cot (x)}^{1 + 1} - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\cot^{2} (x) - \csc (x) \csc (x)$

Multiply $- \csc (x) \csc (x)$ .

Raise $\csc (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\cot^{2} (x) - (\csc^{1} (x) \csc (x))$

Raise $\csc (x)$ to the power of $1$ .

$\cot^{2} (x) - (\csc^{1} (x) \csc^{1} (x))$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\cot^{2} (x) - {\csc (x)}^{1 + 1}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\cot^{2} (x) - \csc^{2} (x)$

Simplify with factoring out.

Reorder $\cot^{2} (x)$ and $- \csc^{2} (x)$ .

$- \csc^{2} (x) + \cot^{2} (x)$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- \csc^{2} (x)$ .

$- (\csc^{2} (x)) + \cot^{2} (x)$

Factor $- 1$ out of $\cot^{2} (x)$ .

$- (\csc^{2} (x)) - 1 (- \cot^{2} (x))$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (\csc^{2} (x)) - 1 (- \cot^{2} (x))$ .

$- (\csc^{2} (x) - \cot^{2} (x))$

Step 3

Apply pythagorean identity.

$- 1 \cdot 1$

Step 4

Multiply $- 1$ by $1$ .

$- 1$

Simplify (cot(x)-csc(x))(cot(x)+csc(x))

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