SOLUTION: Given {{{ sinx=3/4 }}} and secx is less than 0, find cosx and tanx.

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Question 465237: Given +sinx=3%2F4+ and secx is less than 0, find cosx and tanx.
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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given:



and



But:



Since:





And since:



We can say:



Which, coupled with the fact that , leads us to deduce that:



Then, since we know that , we can write:



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