Question

Consider the first quadrant of the unit circle. How does the covenant ratio change as the sine ratio increases?

Answer 1

Answer:

For acute angles, remember what sine means: opposite over hypotenuse. If we increase the angle, then the opposite side gets larger. That means "opposite/hypotenuse" gets larger or increases.

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Consider the unit circle > The sine and cosine ratios are the only ratios that have 1 (the radius or hypotenuse) as the denominator. The numerators (sides) vary between 0 and 1, thus determining that the sine and cosine do the same.

All of the other ratios (tangent, cotangent, secant, cosecant) have a side as the denominator, varying between 0 and 1. As any denominator approaches 0, the value of the ratio approaches infinity.