SOLUTION: I need help graphing the functions y<sub>1</sub> = sin(x) + cos(x)cot(x) and y<sub>2</sub> = csc x. What is the value for y<sub>1</sub> and y<sub>2</sub>? Undefined? Thank you.

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Question 1067908: I need help graphing the functions y1 = sin(x) + cos(x)cot(x) and y2 = csc x. What is the value for y1 and y2? Undefined? Thank you.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y1 and y2 are equal.  That's because



The graph of y = csc(x) from 0 to 2p is



Each marked unit on the y-axis is 1. 

You question:
What is the value for y1 and y2?
 doesn't make sense because functions have many values.  In fact
most functions, including this one, have infinitely many values,
a different value of y for every value of x.

Edwin