document.write( "Question 1156809: if the terminal side of angle thetapasses through point (-3, -4), what is the value of sec theta? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "if the terminal side of angle thetapasses through point (-3, -4), what is the value of sec theta?
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(- 3, - 4) is the same as (cos, sin)
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document.write( "Also, this means that this is a 3-4-5 special right-triangle, which makes the hypotenuse, or r, 5
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document.write( "With cos and sin being < 0,  is in the 3rd quadrant
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document.write( "With cos being negative, sec is also negative 
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document.write( "We then get:   \n" );
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