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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Graph of y = ax² + bx + c
Circles - Relative Positions
Level Curves
Average Distance
Triangle Flexer

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Graph of f(x)=1/x. What happens if x is really large?

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Median Line
Trigonometry
Geometric Distribution
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