Question 1052814: What is the maximum and minimum values of the graphs y = csc x and y = sec x? Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since secant and cosecant are reciprocals of cosine and sine, use the ranges of cosine and sine to determine.
The range of sine and cosine are [,].
So taking the reciprocal leads to the range of secant and cosecant (remembering that you have to take out the reciprocal of zero since it's undefined).
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! What is the maximum and minimum values of the graphs y = csc x and y = sec x?
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csc = 1/sin
sec = 1/cos
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The range of both is -1 to +1
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Absolute value of the minimum of each = 1.
There is no max. Sec & csc go from negative undefined (-1/0) to positive undefined (1/0)
