Common Trigonometry Mistakes
Example: Value of a Trigonometric Function

The Goal

Find the exact value of:

goal


The Mistake

Find the mistake:

mistake

(Roll the mouse over the math to see a hint in red)


The Correction

correction

(Roll the mouse over the area above to see the correction in blue)


An Explanation

The secant function is the reciprocal of the cosine function, not the sine function.

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