a) Ta có:
\(\begin{array}{l}{\sin ^4}\alpha - {\cos ^4}\alpha = 1 - 2{\cos ^2}\alpha \\ \Leftrightarrow \left( {{{\sin }^2}\alpha + {{\cos }^2}\alpha } \right)\left( {{{\sin }^2}\alpha - {{\cos }^2}\alpha } \right) = 1 - 2{\cos ^2}\alpha \\ \Leftrightarrow {\sin ^2}\alpha - {\cos ^2}\alpha - 1 + 2{\cos ^2}\alpha = 0\\ \Leftrightarrow {\sin ^2}\alpha + {\cos ^2}\alpha - 1 = 0\\ \Leftrightarrow 1 - 1 = 0\\ \Leftrightarrow 0 = 0\end{array}\)
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b) Ta có:
\(\begin{array}{l}\tan \alpha + \cot \alpha = \frac{1}{{\sin \alpha .\cos \alpha }}\\ \Leftrightarrow \frac{{\sin \alpha }}{{\cos \alpha }} + \frac{{\cos \alpha }}{{\sin \alpha }} = \frac{1}{{\sin \alpha .\cos \alpha }}\\ \Leftrightarrow \frac{{{{\sin }^2}\alpha + {{\cos }^2}\alpha }}{{\cos \alpha .\sin \alpha }} = \frac{1}{{\sin \alpha .\cos \alpha }}\\ \Leftrightarrow \frac{1}{{\sin \alpha .\cos \alpha }} = \frac{1}{{\sin \alpha .\cos \alpha }}\end{array}\)
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