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A Quick Table for the Three Reciprocal Trigonometry Functions

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You know that the reciprocal functions have values that are reciprocals, or flips, of the values for their respective functions. The reciprocal of sine is cosecant, so each function value for cosecant is the reciprocal of sine’s. The same goes for the other two reciprocal functions.

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The table shows the reciprocal in each case, in their simplified forms. Whenever you see undefined, it’s because the original function value was 0, and the reciprocal of 0 has no value.

The trig values of angles measuring more than 90 degrees are developed using the chart created here.

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Mary Jane Sterling (Peoria, Illinois) is the author of Algebra I For Dummies, Algebra Workbook For Dummies, Algebra II For Dummies, Algebra II Workbook For Dummies, and many other For Dummies books. She taught at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years, teaching algebra, business calculus, geometry, and finite mathematics.