Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Solving Right Triangles - 2.3 Problem Set - Page 83: 73

Answer

$\cos\theta=-\frac{1}{2}$ $\sec\theta=-2$ $\csc\theta=\frac{2\sqrt 3}{3}$ $\tan\theta=-\sqrt 3$ $\cot\theta=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$\sin^{2}\theta+\cos^{2}\theta=1\implies\cos^{2}\theta=1-\sin^{2}\theta$ $=1-(\frac{\sqrt 3}{2})^{2}=\frac{1}{4}$ $\cos\theta$ is negative in the second quadrant. Therefore, $\cos\theta=-\sqrt {\frac{1}{4}}=-\frac{1}{2}$ $\sec\theta=\frac{1}{\cos\theta}=\frac{1}{-\frac{1}{2}}=-2$ $\csc\theta=\frac{1}{\sin\theta}=\frac{2}{\sqrt 3}=\frac{2\sqrt 3}{3}$ $\tan\theta=\frac{\sin\theta}{\cos\theta}=\frac{\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}}{-\frac{1}{2}}=-\sqrt 3$ $\cot\theta=\frac{1}{\tan\theta}=-\frac{1}{\sqrt 3}=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{3}$
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