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How do you find the csc, sec, and cot. of theta in a unit circle?

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Apr 24, 2015

If $θ$ $theta$ corresponds to the point $(x, y)$ $(x,y)$ on the unit circle, then:

$csc θ = \frac{1}{y}$ $csc theta = 1/y$

$sec θ = \frac{1}{x}$ $sec theta = 1/x$

$cot θ = \frac{x}{y}$ $cot theta = x/y$

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