Inactive Tutor answered 06/23/16
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Use sin 2x = 2 sinx cosx:
2sinx cosx (cosx/sinx + sinx/cosx) ⇐ replaced cotx & sinx...
Distribute to get 2 cos2x + 2 sin2x = 2 after factoring out the two, because of Pythagorean Identity.