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ACT Math: Trigonometry Drill 3, Problem 4. Which of the following answer choices is true?

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Here's your shmoop du jour, brought to you by Shortcuts. Pay no attention to the glowing

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eyes. This way is definitely quicker. Which of the following answer choices is true?

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Well sorry if you were looking for a shortcut to the answer to this problem...there really isn't one...

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We just have to know our trig identities,

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So let's start with A. Sin alpha equals 1

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over cosecant alpha. Remember that cosecant is the reciprocal of

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sine. So sin alpha equals 1 over cosecant alpha. This one's true.

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Answer choice B...secant equals 1 over cosine yup. Secant is the reciprocal of cosine. Check!

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Ok, last one. Tangent alpha equals sin alpha over cosine alpha. Again, we just have to

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know it but yeah, this one works, too.

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Because A, B, and C are all correct. Answer choice E is the one we want.

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