The angle 60° is shown below in standard position, together with a unit circle. a 60° Use the coordinates of the point of intersection of the terminal side and the circle to compute sec 60° V3 2 Ο Ο 2 2

The angle 60 is shown below in standard position together with a unit circle a 60 Use the coordinates of the point of intersection of the terminal side and the class=


Answer :

Given:

The coordinates,

[tex](\frac{1}{2},\frac{\sqrt[]{3}}{2})[/tex]

The angle is 60 degrees.

The hypotenuse side is 1.

To find:

[tex]\sec 60^{\circ}[/tex]

From the coordinates,

The horizontal side (adjacent side) is,

[tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

The vertical side (opposite side) is,

[tex]\frac{\sqrt[]{3}}{2}[/tex]

Using the trigonometric ratio,

[tex]\begin{gathered} \sec \theta=\frac{\text{hyp}}{\text{adj}} \\ \sec 60^{\circ}=\frac{1}{\frac{1}{2}} \\ =2 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the answer is 2.