Simplify : \(\rm \frac{\cos A}{1+\tan A}-\frac{\sin A}{1+\cot A}\)

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  1. tan A
  2. cos A - sin A
  3. cos A.sin A
  4. cos A + sin A

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Option 2 : cos A - sin A
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Given:

\(\rm \frac{\cos A}{1+\tan A}-\frac{\sin A}{1+\cot A}\)

Concept used:

a2 - b2 = (a + b)(a - b)

Calculation:

\(\rm \frac{\cos A}{1+\tan A}-\frac{\sin A}{1+\cot A}\)

⇒ \(\rm \frac{\cos A}{1+\frac{\sin A}{\cos A}}-\frac{\sin A}{1+\frac{\cos A}{\sin A}}\)

⇒ \(\rm \frac{\cos A}{\frac{\cos A+ \sin A}{\cos A}}-\frac{\sin A}{\frac{\sin A+\cos A}{\sin A}}\)

⇒ \(\rm \frac{\cos ^2A}{{\cos A+ \sin A}}-\frac{\sin^2 A}{{\sin A+\cos A}}\)

⇒ \(\rm \frac{\cos ^2A -\sin ^2A }{{\cos A+ \sin A}}\)

⇒ \(\rm \frac{{(\cos A+ \sin A})({\cos A- \sin A})}{{\cos A+ \sin A}}\)

⇒ cos A - sin A

∴ The required answer is cos A - sin A.

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