Secant, Cosecant, Cotangent
Part of the Trig Identities section of Coddy's Trigonometry journey. Lesson 5 of 48.
Secant, cosecant and cotangent are 1 divided by functions you know: , , . To simplify, write everything with sines and cosines. For example:
The sines cancel, and is . To divide by a fraction, turn it upside down and multiply: .
Challenge
Show that equals . Rewrite it until it reads csc x.
Then press Check.
Try it yourself
Rewrite as
All lessons in Trig Identities
4Even, Odd and Cofunctions
Negative AnglesEven and Odd in a ProofEven and Odd GraphsCofunctionsRecap: Signs of Angles5Proving Identities
Work on One SideRewrite in sin and cosFactor FirstMake One FractionProofs That Go WrongRecap: Prove It8Half Angles, Power Reduction
Power Reductionsin²x Is a WaveHalf-Angle Valuestan of a Half AngleRecap: Half Angles