Trigonometry 7th Edition

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

Chapter 3 - Test - Page 172: 13

Answer

$-\frac{2\sqrt 3}{3}$

Work Step by Step

Recall that $\cos (\pi-x)=-\cos x$ and $\sec \theta=\frac{1}{\cos \theta}$ $\cos \frac{5\pi}{6}=\cos (\pi-\frac{\pi}{6})=-\cos\frac{\pi}{6}=-\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}$ $\sec \frac{5\pi}{6}=\frac{1}{\cos\frac{5\pi}{6}}=\frac{1}{-\frac{\sqrt 3}{2}}$ $=-\frac{2}{\sqrt 3}\cdot\frac{\sqrt 3}{\sqrt 3}=-\frac{2\sqrt 3}{3}$
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