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Give that the cotangent of theta is -7/4
What is sine of theta and secant of theta?
 Jun 30, 2012
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Given cot = -7/4

cot Θ = 1/tan Θ
tan Θ^2+1 = sec Θ^2
1+cot Θ^2 = cosec Θ^2
cosec Θ = 1/sinΘ

-7/4 = 1/tan Θ
tan Θ = 4/7

(4/7)^2+1 = sec Θ^2
16/49+1 = sec Θ^2
16/49+49/49 = sec Θ^2
65/49 = sec Θ^2
sec Θ = √65/7

1+(-7/2)^2 = cosec Θ^2
16/16 + 49/16 = cosec Θ^2
65/16 = cosec Θ^2
cosec Θ = √65/16

√65/16 = 1/sin Θ
sin Θ = √16/65

If I did this right, those should be the answers. I'm a little rusty, but I hope this helps.
-Ivy
 Jul 11, 2012

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