Answer:
A. student A is correct; student B was confused by the division
B. 3: cos²(θ)/(sin(θ)csc(θ)); 4: cos²(θ)
Step-by-step explanation:
Each student correctly made use of the trig identities ...
csc(θ) = 1/sin(θ)
1 -sin²(θ) = cos²(θ)
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A.
Student A's work is correct.
Student B apparently got confused by the two denominators in Step 2, and incorrectly replaced them with their quotient instead of their product.
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B.
The transition from Step 2 can look like ...
[tex]\textsf{Step 3: }\ \dfrac{\left(\dfrac{1-\sin^2\theta}{\sin\theta}\right)}{\csc\theta}=\dfrac{1-\sin^2\theta}{\sin\theta}\cdot\dfrac{1}{\csc\theta}=\dfrac{\cos^2\theta}{(\sin\theta)(\csc\theta)}\\\\\textsf{Step 4: }\ \cos^2\theta[/tex]