SOLUTION: Use identities (show work) to find sin, csc, cos, tan, cot if sec=-3. Theta is in Quadrant II Thank you!

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Question 1030510: Use identities (show work) to find sin, csc, cos, tan, cot if sec=-3. Theta is in Quadrant II
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): Use identities (show work) to find sin, csc, cos, tan, cot if sec=-3. Theta is in Quadrant II
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sec(t) = -3/1
cos(t) = 1/sec = -1/3
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sin(t) = sqrt[1-cos^2(t)] = sqrt[1-(1/9)] = sqrt(8/9) = sqrt(8)/3
So csc(t) = 3/sqrt(8)
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tan(t) = sin/cos = -sqrt(8)
cot(t) = 1/tan = -1/sqrt(8)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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