What is (\sec(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)) equal to?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (\cosec x)
(\cos(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)=\sin x), so (\sec(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)=\frac{1}{\sin x}=\cosec x). Complementary angles give cofunctions.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(\cosec x)
Why is this the correct answer?
(\cos(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)=\sin x), so (\sec(\frac{\pi}{2}-x)=\frac{1}{\sin x}=\cosec x). Complementary angles give cofunctions.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 12 Mathematics question. Chapter: Trigonometric Functions. Topic: Trigonometric functions and their properties.