In a right angled triangle, the secant of an angle is:
The length of the hypotenuse divided by the length of the adjacent side.
The abbreviation is sec
sec(θ) = hypotenuse / adjacent
It is not commonly used, and is equal to 1/cosine
The length of the hypotenuse divided by the length of the adjacent side.
The abbreviation is sec
sec(θ) = hypotenuse / adjacent
It is not commonly used, and is equal to 1/cosine
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