Because it is not always convenient to convert to convert sin to cos when working with adjacent sides.
Reciprocal of Cosine is Secant
Cosine of -90 is 0.
it would be secant, 1/cosine
[ cos(Θ) ]-1 = 1/cosine(Θ) = secant(Θ)
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cosine = adjacent/hypotenuse. It can be used as other trig functions can.
because sine & cosine functions are periodic.
It is cosine*cosine*cosine.
Sides have lenght, angles do not. Cosine is the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse. Cosine can be used to find either of these sides if the other is known.
The sine, cosine and tangent are used to find the degrees of a right angle triangle.
in trigonometry
sine and cosine
Cosine 0 is 1
what is the cosine of 3.14 ?
Cosine of 1 degree is about 0.999848. Cosine of 1 radian is about 0.540302.
Tangent = sine/cosine provided that cosine is non-zero. When cosine is 0, then tangent is undefined.
Cosine is 0.995