Reciprocal of sin(x)
By Emma Johnson •
What is the reciprocal of sin(x), or what is 1/sin(x) equal to in terms of trigonometric ratios? Please answer simply, as I am a high school student, not a mathematician.
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$\begingroup$Once you said it's $\dfrac{1}{\sin x}$, you've already got a "trigonometric ratio". It's also equal to $\dfrac{\sec x}{\tan x}$. Or you can say it's $\dfrac{\text{hypotenuse}}{\text{opposite}}$. All of those are ratios.
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