Secant Construction

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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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Right Triangle Inscribed in a Semicircle
Modifiable Right Triangular Prism
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Supplement 3.6.5
continuity at a point
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LCM and GCD
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