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Secant

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SECANT

BY: EDWARD CAVAZOS
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SECANT (X) OR 1/COS(X)

Photo by Daniel Y. Go

TRIGONOMETRIC GRAPH

SECANT FACTS

  • In geometry, a secant is a straight line cutting a curve or surface.
  • If it intersects the curve in two different points, as in the secant of a circle;
  • the segment of the secant between the points is called a chord

SECANT IN TRIANGLES

  • Secant(x) =h/a
  • (Hypotenuse over adjacent)
Photo by Doun Dounell

WHAT SECANT LOOKS LIKE WHEN GRAPHED