Question

Find sectheta costheta, and cottheta where theta is the angle show in the figure

Answer 1

We will have the following:

We first determine the missing side of the triangle:

`x=\sqrt{17^2-8{}^2}\Rightarrow x=15`

Now, we determine the expressions:

`\begin{gathered} sec(\theta)=(17)/(8) \\ \\ \\ cos(\theta)=(8)/(17) \\ \\ \\ cot(\theta)=(8)/(15) \end{gathered}`