Throughout the topic, students understand the relationships between the graphs and functions of secant, cosecant, cotangent, arcsin, arccos and arctan. Later, as learning progresses, they consider the domain and range of each function and use them to solve trigonometric equations and identities.
Students learn how to work with reciprocal trigonometric functions: secant, cosecant, and cotangent. They begin by calculating exact values and interpreting their definitions in terms of sine, cosine, and tangent.
As learning progresses, they sketch graphs and solve equations involving these functions.
Students learn how to simplify expressions involving inverse trigonometric functions.
Later, as learning progresses, they solve trigonometric equations identities involving secant, cosecant and cotangent.
Students learn how to prove and apply identities involving secant, cosecant, and cotangent, starting with fundamental identities like 1 + cot^2 x = csc^2 x. They manipulate expressions using reciprocal and Pythagorean identities.
As learning progresses, they tackle more advanced proofs and apply identities to solve equations, justify equalities, and substitute into compound expressions.
Students learn how to sketch the functions arcsin, arccos and arctan.
Later, as learning progresses, they use graphs of arcsin, arccos and arctan to evaluate expressions such as tan(arccos x).
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