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What are secants?

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Secants are lines that have a chord within them, and a chord is a segment that has endpoints on the circle itself.

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How much minutes is 1000 secants?

A secant is not a subdivision of a minute.


What quadrant of the unit circle has negative secants?

Quadrants 2 and 3.


The measure of an angle formed by two secants intersecting outside the circle equals?

The measure of the angle formed by two secants intersecting outside the circle is one-half the difference of the intercepted arcs. Example: Major intercepted arc is 200o and the minor intercepted arc is 120o. 1/2 (200-120) = 40o ... The measurement of the angle formed by the two secants is 40o. I HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU :))


What is the measure of an angle formed by two secants intersecting outside the circle equals?

It is half the difference of the intercepted arcs.Suppose you have a circle with centre O and the two secants AB and CD, when extended meet at X which lies outside the circle.Then the two arcs subtended by the secants are AC and BD. These give the two angles as AOC and BOD and then the required angle is 0.5*(angle AOC - angle BOD).


Does a rectangular prism have any secants?

Yes, since it has vertices it has angles and since it has angles it has trigonometric ratios


What is an arc part of?

Arcs are part of a circumference of a circle cut into pieces by chords, tangents, secants, etc.


The measure of an angle formed by two secants intersecting inside the circle equals?

½ the sum of the intercepted arcs.


What is a secant. a tangent?

Secants are chords that go through a circle ONCE! Tangents are rays or segments with one point touching the border of a circle and nothing else.


What are the different types of angles in a circle?

There are many angles inside a circle. You have inscribed angles, right angles, and central angles. These angles are formed from using chords, secants, and tangents.


How do i simplify csc theta divided by sec theta?

By converting cosecants and secants to the equivalent sine and cosine functions. For example, csc theta is the same as 1 / sin thetha.


How are chords and secant of a circle alike?

chords and secants are same as secant mean - a line which passes the circle by cutting it at two distinct points chord mean - it is a straight line segment whose endpoint both lie on the circle


How many secants in a years?

Well, the secant is a function of an angle theta that equals 1/cos(theta) - it's not really a measure of time, so it's not a meaningful question to ask how many there are in a year. It's even less meaningful to ask how many there are in a "years".