For quadrantal angles that lie outside we first find a coterminal angle in the interval and then we proceed as usual.
For example, if the angle is then we write So is coterminal with and we need to look at the point on the unit circle that corresponds to which is
We can do a similar thing when working with negative angles. For example, if the angle is we can write So, we need to look at the point that corresponds to that is,
First, we find an angle that's coterminal with and lies in the range
Therefore,
The angle is a quadrantal angle. Let's draw out the quadrantal angles on the unit circle.
From the unit circle, we see that the angle corresponds to the point
Since the sine of the angle corresponds to the -coordinate, we have
Therefore,
Find the value of $\cos \left(\dfrac{9\pi}{2}\right) .$
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a
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$-\dfrac{1}{2}$ |
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b
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$-1$ |
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c
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$\dfrac{1}{2}$ |
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d
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$1$ |
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e
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$0$ |
Find the value of $\sec 2\pi .$
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a
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$-1$ |
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b
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$\dfrac \pi 2$ |
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c
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Undefined |
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d
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$0$ |
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e
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$1$ |
First, we find an angle that's coterminal with that lies in the range
Therefore,
The angle is a quadrantal angle. Let's draw out the quadrantal angles on the unit circle.
From the unit circle, we see that the angle corresponds to the point
Since the cosine of the angle corresponds to the -coordinate, we have
Since the sine of the angle corresponds to the -coordinate, we have
So, using the fact that we have
Therefore,
$\sec\left(-270^\circ\right) =$
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a
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$1$ |
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b
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$-{\sqrt{3}}$ |
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c
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$-1$ |
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d
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undefined |
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e
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$0$ |
$\csc \left(-90^\circ\right) =$
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a
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$\dfrac 2 {3}$ |
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b
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$ -1$ |
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c
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$-2$ |
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d
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$\dfrac {2\sqrt{3}} {3}$ |
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e
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$1$ |