SOLUTION: An acute angle θ is in a right triangle with cos θ = five sixths (5/6). What is the value of sec θ?

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Question 765022: An acute angle θ is in a right triangle with cos θ = five sixths (5/6). What is the value of sec θ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20063) About Me  (Show Source):
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An acute angle θ is in a right triangle with cos θ = five sixths (5/6). What is the value of sec θ?
Since the secant is the reciprocal of the cosine, which is 5%2F6,
the secant is its reciprocal, 6%2F5.

No need to draw a triangle or use the Pythagorean theorem on this one.

Edwin