What is the reciprocal of sin?

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AddyM · Answer

like the punishemnt?

jhonyy9 · Answer

reciprocal of sin ? have you heard about csc ?

The cosecant is the reciprocal of the sine. It is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle in a right triangle.

nettym · Answer

Yes jhonyy, we started this topic today and the teacher did review cos, sin, tan, csc, sec, and cot.

ZayBo14 · Answer

It is the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle in a right triangle.

jhonyy9 · Answer

@AZ any idea here pls. - ty

AZ · Answer

The way I remember it is like this

SIN starts with an S
COS starts with a C

1/sin = CSC it starts with a C
1/ cos = SEC it starts with an C

So it's almost like it's flipped, you see?

Sin and Csc
Cos and Sec

it's basically a group of C and S

Does that help?

nettym · Answer

I never looked at it that way makes so much more sense, thank you! (: @AZ

AZ · Answer

Of course! Glad I could be of help :D