Secant Construction

Author:HHo

You can navigate with the blue point on the circle, meanwhile the function will be constructed. The secant sec(A) is the reciprocal of cos(A); i.e. the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the adjacent side.

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Circumference of a unit circle
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Row and Column Views of Systems of Linear Equations
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Random Polar Curve (1)

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Theorem 8:alternate segment theorem
recta_parallela_perA_1
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Pythagoras or Pythagorean Theorem
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