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

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

bobpursley · Answer

secant= hypotenuse/adjacent side cosecant=hypotenuse/opposite side

Joe · Answer

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.

bobpursley · Answer

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