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document.write( "Draw a circle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the radius be 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pick a point on the circle somewhere between 0 and 90 degrees<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the coordinates of that point be P(x,y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Draw a vertical line segment from P to the x-axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You now have a right triangle with base = x, height = y, hypotenuse = 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The angle at the origin is \"t\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sin(t) = opp/hyp = y/1 = y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cos(t) = adj/hyp = x/1 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tan(t) = opp/adj = y/x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "csc(t) = hyp/opp = 1/y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sec(t) = hyp/adj = 1/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cot(t) = adj/opp = x/y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: All above applies no matter when P is on the circle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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