If you work through this section you should be able to:
The trigonometric ratios are defined as:
sin
cos
tan
Using the above triangle,
sin
cos
tan
In addition to the three trigonometric ratios there are three reciprocal ratios, namely the cosecant (csc), the secant (sec) and the cotangent (cot). The reciprocal ratios are defined as:
csc
sec
cot
Using the above triangle,
csc
sec
cot
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