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Prove the following identity: `sec^4theta-sec^2theta=tan^4theta+tan^2theta`

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LHS `= (sec^(4)theta- sec^(2) theta)= sec^(2) theta(sec^(2)theta -1)`
` =(1+ tan^(2)theta)(1+tan^(2)theta -1)=(1+tan^(2)theta) tan^(2)theta `
` = (tan^(2)theta + tan^(4)theta)= "RHS." `
` therefore " LHS " = " RHS. " `
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