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These are the identities and definitions you need to memorize.

sin
Sine of an angle is a ratio defined as:

y
opposite

r hypotenuse

cos
Cosine of an angle is a ratio defined as:

x
adjacent

r hypotenuse

tan
Tangent of an angle is a ratio defined as:

sec
Secant of an angle is a ratio defined as:

y opposite

x adjacent

r hypotenuse

x
adjacent

csc
Cosecant of an angle is a ratio defined as:

r hypotenuse

y
opposite

cot
Cotangent of an angle is a ratio defined as:

x adjacent

y opposite

Reciprocal Identities:

sin

1
csc

cos

1
sec

tan

1
cot

sec

1
cos

csc

1
sin

cot

1
tan

cot

cos
sin

Quotient Identities:

tan

sin
cos

Pythgorean Identities:

sin 2 cos2 1

1 tan 2 sec 2

1 cot 2 csc 2

Cofunction Identities:


cos
2

cos


tan
2

sin

cot


sin
2

tan

sec


csc
2

csc

cos cos

tan tan


cot
2


sec
2

Even/odd identities:

sin sin

These are the identities and definitions you need to memorize.

csc csc

sec sec

cot cot

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