Question

Given the triangle shown, describe the function values in term of the triangle's two legs

/|
/a| y
/ |
/o__|
x

Find: sec a
Find: csc o

Answer 1

secant= hypotenuse/adjacent side

cosecant=hypotenuse/opposite side

Answer 2

I know its hard to see, but the triangle looks like this /_| with the legs on the right and bottom with the hypotenuse on the left. They give you y for the right leg and x for the bottom leg, no hypotneuse. o is the bottom right angle and a is the top right angle. So I don't know how to get hypotenuse.

Answer 3

The side opposite the right angle is the hypotenuse. Memorize that.