\chapter{Analytic trigonometry} \section{The basic trig identities}
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Answer True or False: \begin{enumerate} \item The algebra needed to simplify trigonometric expressions is different and harder than usual. \item If \(f\) is one of the six trigonometric functions and we know \(f(\theta)\), then we can also find what \(f(-\theta)\) is. \item \(\sec \theta \cos \theta =1\), no matter what \(\theta \) is. \item \(\tan \theta \cot \theta\) is \(1\) for every acute angle \(\theta\). \item It could happen that \(\sin \theta \) is positive, but \(\cos(90^\circ -\theta)\) is negative. \item If we know what \(\sin^2 \theta\) is, then we also know what \(\cos \theta\) is. \item If we know what \(\sin^2 \theta\) is, then we also know what \(\cos^2 \theta\) is. \item To rationalize \(\sqrt{9-x^2}\), both \(x=3\sin \theta\) and \(x=3\cos \theta\) will work. \item \(\sqrt{4-x^2}\) can be rationalized with a trig substitution, but \(\sqrt{x^2-4}\) cannot. \end{enumerate}
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