Sunday, September 18, 2011

Finding cot, csc, and sec

Finding cotangent, cosecant, and secant is not so difficult. All one has to do to solve for an inverse trig function is enter in their calculator in fraction form 1/(whatever the inverse of the regular trig function is)

1/tan= cotangent
1/sin=cosecant
1/cos=secant

Examples:

1. Find the cot(1.25)
2. Plug in calc as 1/tan(1.25)
3. The answer should be, rounded to 3 decimal places, 45.829 degrees

1. Find the csc(3.45)
2. Plug in calc as 1/sin(3.45)
3. The answer is 16.618 degrees


1. Find the sec(2.32)
2. Plug in calc as 1/cos(2.32)
3. The answer is 1.00 degree.

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