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Find the value of \(\sqrt{3}\) cosec 20° − sec 20°

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We have 

\(\sqrt{3}\) cosec 20° − sec 20° 

= \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{sin20°}-\frac{1}{cos20°}\) 

= \(\frac{\sqrt{3}\space cos20°-sin20°}{sin20°cos20°}\)

= 4 \(\bigg(\frac{\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}cos20°-\frac{1}{2}sin20°}{2sin20°cos20°}\bigg)\)

= 4 \(\bigg(\frac{sin60°cos20°-cos60°sin20°}{sin40°}\bigg)\)

= 4 \(\bigg(\frac{sin(60°-20)}{sin40°}\bigg)\) 

= 4



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