Answer:
The answer to your question is letter E. cos²α
Step-by-step explanation:
cot²Ф - cot²Фcos²Ф
Remember that cot = [tex]\frac{cos \alpha}{sin \alpha }[/tex] ; substitute in the previous equation
[tex]\frac{cos^{2}\alpha }{sin^{2} \alpha} - \frac{cos^{2}\alpha }{sin^{2}\alpha } cos^{2}\alpha[/tex]
[tex]\frac{cos^{2}\alpha - cos^{4}\alpha }{sin^{2}\alpha }[/tex] Factor cos²α
[tex]\frac{cos^{2}\alpha(1 - cos^{2}\alpha }{sin^{2}\alpha }[/tex]
Remember that sin²α = 1 - cos²α
[tex]\frac{cos^{2}\alpha sin^{2}\alpha}{sin^{2} \alpha}[/tex]
Simplify
cos²α
