SEC, CSC, COT
Sine
Vocabulary
Cosine
Tangent
100

The hypotenuse is divided by the opposite side of a right triangle

Cosecant Formula

100

Opposite over Hypotenuse

Formula for Sine

100

Longest side of a right triangle

Hypotenuse

100

Adjacent side divided by the hypotenuse

Formula for cosine

100

opposite side divided by the adjacent side

formula for tangent

200

Reciprocal of the formula for cosecant

Sine formula

200

Reciprocal of the formula for Sine

Cosecant

200

The opposite formula of Tangent

Cotangent

200

Reciprocal of the formula for cosine

secant

200

Reciprocal of the formula for tangent

cotangent

300

Find the trigonometric function of secant for a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 16 and an adjacent side of 7

16 over 7

300

Find the trigonometric function of sine for a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 9 and an opposite side of 7

7/9 

300

The theorem for finding the length of sides a, b, or c

Pythagorean Theorem

300

Find the trigonometric function of cosine for a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 5 and an adjacent side of 3

3/5

300

Find the trigonometric function of cotangent for a right triangle with an opposite side of 12 and an adjacent side of 6

2

400

Find the trigonometric function of cosecant for a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 5 and an opposite side of 4

5 over 4 (5/4)

400

Sine of 45 degrees

√2/2 (the square root of 2 divided by 2)

400

The acronym to remember the trigonometric formulas

SOH CAH TOA

400

Cosine of 30 degrees

√3/2 (square root of 3 divided by 2)

400

Tangent of 45 degrees

1

500

Find the trigonometric function of cotangent for a right triangle with a hypotenuse of 5 and an adjacent side of 3

3 over 4 (3/4)

500

Sine of 30 degrees

1/2 

500

What does the symbol 𝞱 read as and what does it mean?

Theta, the greek letter theta symbolizes the measure of angle

500

Cosine of 60 degrees

1/2

500

Tangent of 60 degrees

√3 (square root of 3)

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