LESSON OBJECTIVES

•Determine the adjacent and opposite

sides of a right triangle
•Solve the trigonometric ratio of angles
(cosecant)
•Solve the missing parts of a right
triangle using the cosecant function
COSECANT FUNCTION
(ITS APPLICATION)
COSECANT FUNCTION

•Cosecant à CHO

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•csc θ =
$##$)*%&
EXAMPLES

•Solve the trigonometric ratio

(csc) of the following and
determine the degree measure
of each angle.
 csc B
A
(CHO)
5 !"#$%&'()&
3 csc θ =
$##$)*%&

𝟓
4 B csc B =
𝟑
 . -
csc B = sin B =
- .

3 ÷ 5 = SHIFT sin

B = 36.87º
EXAMPLES

•Solve the missing part of the

right triangle using the csc
function.
 Solve for the value
A of x.
!"#$%&'()&
30º
csc θ =
$##$)*%&
15
/.
csc A=
0
x B /.
csc 30 =
0
 /. 0
A csc 30 = sin 30 =
0 /.
30º

15 15sin 30 = x
7.5 = x
x B x = 7.5
 Solve for the value
A of x.
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csc θ =
$##$)*%&
15
x /.
csc B=
60º
0
B /.
csc 60 =
0
 /. 0
A csc 60 = sin 60 =
0 /.
30º

15 15sin 60 = x
12.99 = x
x B x = 12.99
 Solve for the value
of x.
!"#$%&'()&
csc θ =
$##$)*%&
10 0
csc A=
20º /1
A x B 0
csc 20 =
/1
 0 /1
csc 20 = sin 20 =
/1 0
x sin 20 = 10
10
/1
x=
234 51
20º

A x B
x = 29.24
 Solve for the value
of x.
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csc θ =
$##$)*%&
27 0
csc B=
70º
/1
A x B 0
csc 20 =
/1
 0 56
csc 20 = sin 70 =
/1 0

27 x sin 70 = 27
56
x=
70º
234 61
A x B
x = 28.73
 LESSON OBJECTIVES
•Determine the adjacent and opposite
sides of a right triangle
•Solve the trigonometric ratio of angles
(cosecant)
•Solve the missing parts of a right
triangle using the cosecant function