Trigonometry

Sec, Csc, Cot

Remaining trig functions

  • High school
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sec=1.22csc=1.7435°
θ = 35°
sec⁡35°=1cos⁡=1.221,  csc⁡35°=1sin⁡=1.743,  cot⁡35°=cos⁡sin⁡=1.428\sec35°=\frac{1}{\cos}=1.221,\;\csc35°=\frac{1}{\sin}=1.743,\;\cot35°=\frac{\cos}{\sin}=1.428

Secant, cosecant, cotangent are reciprocal trig functions: sec=1/cos, csc=1/sin, cot=cos/sin. Geometrically: sec is the distance along the real axis to the tangent line.