Asked by stewie

identify all of the basic trig functions that fit each description.

1) is negative for angles in the 2nd and 4th quadrant

2) is unbounded
answer: tan, cot

3) has a range of -1 ≤ y ≤ 1
answer: sin, cos

are my answers correct? and i'm not sure what the answer to number 1 is

Answers

Answered by Steve
sin = y/r
cos = x/r
tan = y/x

r is always positive
In QIV, x is positive and y is negative
In QII, x is negative and y is positive
So,
in QII, cos,tan,cot,sec are negative
in QIV, sin,tan,cot,csc are negative
only tan,cot are negative in both.
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