SOLUTION: determine the quadrant in which theta lies if sec of theta<0 and tan of theta>0

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Question 259016: determine the quadrant in which theta lies if sec of theta<0 and tan of theta>0
Answer by drk(1908) About Me  (Show Source):
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First sec(theta) is really 1/ cos(theta)
We want 1 / cos(theta) < 0. This happens is Quadrants II and III
Second, the tan(theta) > 0 in quadrants I and III.
So they overlap in quad III