Question

Find the secant of angle Z.

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Answer 1

What answer did you get and ill tell you if its right

Answer 2

8/10 and i reduced to 4/5

Answer 3

or is it 10/8?

Answer 4

Secant is the opposite of cosine

Answer 5

\[cosine = \frac{adjacent}{hypotenuse}\] therefore \[secant = \frac{hypotenuse}{adjacent}\]

Answer 6

so it would be 10/8?

Answer 7

10/6

Answer 8

ohhh okay

Answer 9

adjacent means the side (not the hyptoenuse) that is closest to angle Z

Answer 10

which is reduced to 3/5?

Answer 11

5/3

Answer 12

10/6 = 5/3

Answer 13

ok for this one: Find the cosecant of angle Z.

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it will be 10/8?