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Why will sin and cosecant have the same sign?
The cosecant is the reciprocal of the sine function. Now, the reciprocal of a positive number is positive, and the reciprocal of a negative number is negative.
Is the number positive if the power is negative?
It does not work that way. A negative power is simply the reciprocal. So that x-a = 1/xa The reciprocal is negative or positive according to whether the number itself is negative or positive. [And, if the number is 0, the reciprocal is not defined.]
When you get the reciprocal of and negative number will it still be negative?
Yes.
What postive number is its own reciprocal?
1 is the only positive number that is its own reciprocal. -1 is the negative number that is its own reciprocal.
How do you divide a negative number by a positive fraction?
You multiply the negative number by the reciprocal of the fraction.
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