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Question 215364: sec^-1(0) is equal to
Answer by jim_thompson5910(21685) About Me  (Show Source):
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This value is undefined.


Let .


Now take the secant of both sides to get


Now use the identity to rewrite the equation above to get


So the question is: what are the solutions to ? The answer is there are none. This implies that is undefined.