How do you find the 6 trigonometric functions for 90 degrees?

1 Answer
Sep 21, 2015

sin(90^@)=1color(white)("XXXXXXXXX")csc(90^@)=1
cos(90^@)=0color(white)("XXXXXXXXX")sec(90^@) " is undefined"
tan(90^@) " is undefined"color(white)("XxXX")cot(90^@)=0

Explanation:

Using a unit circle (so the hypotenuse =1) and its intersection with an angular arm in standard position:

the six basic trigonometric functions are defined as

sin= ycolor(white)("XXXXXXXXX")csc=1/(sin) iff sin!=0

cos=xcolor(white)("XXXXXXXXX")sec =1/(cos) iff cos!=0

tan=y/x iff x!=0color(white)("XXX")cot=x/y iff y!=0

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