Question

Use a calculator to find the value of the trigonometric function to four decimal places. sec 8

Answer 1

Is it B?

Answer 2

Nope. Is the issue that you don't know how to input it on your calculator?

Answer 3

I do, but I wasnt sure about my answer.

Answer 4

And apparently my skepticism was right

Answer 5

Well, I just checked, and the answer depends on whether you are in degrees or radians. In degrees it is B, in radians it is A.

Answer 6

Interesting. 3 answers, but only 1 thats correct

Answer 7

This curriculum is trying to fail me

Answer 8

Secant is 1/cos @boricua86

Answer 9

So Im guessing it doesnt specify degrees or radians?

Answer 10

I screen shotted the problem, that's the whole thing.

Answer 11

I would say the best way to guess then is based on what kind of problems you've been doing recently. If only one is correct, I would use the one that most resembles recent problems. Have you been dealing with degrees up to this point?

Answer 12

I don't really know, I can show you my last test.

Answer 13

@Psymon I might have gotten them mixed.

Answer 14

http://www.sosmath.com/trig/Trig5/trig5/trig5.html

check for yourself what secant is @boricua86

and no worries if you mixed them up, we all make mistakes.

Answer 15

Yeah, usually trigonometry stuff uses degrees in the beginning then. If so, then I would use the answer that is 1.0098.

Answer 16

Thanks

Answer 17

Mhm ^_^