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All two other basic ratios can be defined in terms of sine, as follows:cosine = sqrt(1 - sine2)

and then

tangent = sine/cosine.


You need to know the quadrant of the angle to determine whether these ratios are positive or negative.


The cosecant, secant and cotangent ratios are simply reciprocals and so easily derived from the above definitions.

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