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Q: Which trigonometric function is positive in the third quadrant?
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Why is cotangent positive in the third quad?

If you are familiar with trigonometric functions defined in terms of the unit circle, the x and y coordinates are negative in the third quadrant. As a result, x/y, the ratio that defines cotangent, is positive.


What are the quadrants in math?

There are four quadrants. They are represented by Roman numerals : I(one), II(two), III(three), IV(four). The first quadrant contains all positive points , (+x, +y) The second quadrant contains negative x's and positive y's , (-x, +y) The third quadrant is all negative , (-x, -y) The fourth quadrant has negative y's and positive x's , (+x, -y)


What quadrant does -135 degrees?

Third quadrant. From the origin (0,0) and on the positive x-axis. Move an arrow/line clockwise from this axis by 135 degrees. The first 90 degrees are in the bottom right (4th)quandrant. The next 90 degrees(to 180 degrees ; includes 135) will be in the bottom left (3rd) quadrant. NB From the positive x-axis ,moving anti-clockwise about the origin the angles are positive. When moving clockwise from the same axis the angles are negative.


What are the quadrant angles?

Quadrant angles are the angle lies in different quadrants. The angles which lie between 0° and 90° are said to lie in the first quadrant. The angles between 90° and 180° are in the second quadrant, angles between 180° and 270° are in the third quadrant and angles between 270° and 360° are in the fourth quadrant Quadrant angles are the angle lies in different quadrants. The angles which lie between 0° and 90° are said to lie in the first quadrant. The angles between 90° and 180° are in the second quadrant, angles between 180° and 270° are in the third quadrant and angles between 270° and 360° are in the fourth quadrant


What are the trigonometric functions and ratios?

In all there are [at least] 24 trigonometric functions and ratios. Half of these are circular and the other half are hyperbolic. Sine and Cosine are basic trigonometric funtions, abbreviated as sin and cos. Tangent is the third basic ratio defined as Sin/Cos. For each of these three, there is a corresponding reciprocal function: Sine -> Cosecant (cosec or csc) Cosine -> Secant (sec) Tangent -> Cotangent (cot). Each of the above six has an inverse function, defined on an appropriate domain. They all are named by adding the prefix "arc", for example arcsin, which is usually written as sin-1. The above are the circular functions. Each one of them has a corresponding hyperbolic equivalent. These are named by adding the suffix, "h", thus cosh, sech, arccosh [= cosh-1], etc.

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Why is cotangent positive in the third quad?

If you are familiar with trigonometric functions defined in terms of the unit circle, the x and y coordinates are negative in the third quadrant. As a result, x/y, the ratio that defines cotangent, is positive.


Which quadrant would an answer be in if tan was positive and sin was negative?

The third quadrant.


What are the coordinates of a point that could be in each of the four quadrants?

The coordinates must be as follows: First quadrant: positive, positive Second quadrant: negative, positive Third quadrant: negative, negative Fourth quadrant: positive, negative


What quadrant does y equals 6x pass through?

y=6x is in the third quadrant while x is negative and in the first quadrant while x is positive.


What quadrant is -6 -5 lies in?

-1


What are the quadrants in math?

There are four quadrants. They are represented by Roman numerals : I(one), II(two), III(three), IV(four). The first quadrant contains all positive points , (+x, +y) The second quadrant contains negative x's and positive y's , (-x, +y) The third quadrant is all negative , (-x, -y) The fourth quadrant has negative y's and positive x's , (+x, -y)


Is tan theta in the 3rd quadrant negative?

it is POSITIVE because tangent is said to be as OPPOSITE all over ADJACENT side of the triangle. since the opposite and adjacent sides of theta in Quadrant 3 are both negative, the quotient of two negative integers is POSITIVE. in third quadrant tanƟ= -O/-A


In what Quadrant is -2 and -5 found?

The third quadrant.


Why is the first quadrant the first quadrant?

It 2-dimensional coordinate geometry, angles are measured from the origin, relative to the positive direction of the x-axis and they increase in the anti-clockwise direction. As a result, small positive angles are in the first quadrant, and as the angle size increases it moves into the second, third and fourth quadrants.


What functions are positive in the third quadrant?

If you are talking about functions in 2-dimensional space, that is, functions of the sort y = f(x), then, by definition, none can be positive in the third quadrant where y is always negative. If you are talking about functions in 3-dimensional space, ie functions of the kind z = f(x,y), then for the third quadrant in terms of x and y (x<0 and y<0), there are infinitely many functions for which z > 0.


Why is cosine negative in the third quadrant?

On a Unit Circle, the cosine is the x coordinate of the point on the circle represented by an angle. Angles greater than 90° (pi/2 radians) and less than 270° (3*pi/2 radians) are to the left of the y-axis, so x is negative. Quadrant I is the upper right quadrant (x positive, y positive) 0° < ɵ < 90° Quadrant II is the upper left quadrant (x negative, y positive) 90° < ɵ < 180° Quadrant III is the lower left quadrant (x negative, y negative) 180° < ɵ < 270° Quadrant IV is the lower right quadrant (x positive, y negative) 270° < ɵ < 360°


What quadrant does -135 degrees?

Third quadrant. From the origin (0,0) and on the positive x-axis. Move an arrow/line clockwise from this axis by 135 degrees. The first 90 degrees are in the bottom right (4th)quandrant. The next 90 degrees(to 180 degrees ; includes 135) will be in the bottom left (3rd) quadrant. NB From the positive x-axis ,moving anti-clockwise about the origin the angles are positive. When moving clockwise from the same axis the angles are negative.