Trigonometry (10th Edition)

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Chapter 4 - Review Exercises - Page 183: 22

Answer

secant function

Work Step by Step

Among the six trigonometric functions, sine, cosine, and their respective reciprocal functions, cosecant and cotangent, have $2\pi$ as periods. Note that the secant function is undefined for $x=..., -\frac{3\pi}{2}, -\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{3\pi}{2}, ...$ Note that $x=(2n+1)\frac{\pi}{2}$ will always involve an odd number coefficient for $\pi$ for any integral value of $n$ Therefore, the function that satisfies the given descriptions is the secant function.
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