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Explain what the trigonometric reciprocals are ?

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Flipping over the trigonometric functions of sine, cosine and tangent we have the following respectively

1/cscФ (sinФ), 1/secФ (cosФ) and 1/cotФ (tanФ). These are the identities for which they numerically equal when the numerator and denominator of these fractions are swapped.

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