Find the Other Trig Values in Quadrant II sin(theta)=2/7

$\sin (θ) = \frac{2}{7}$

Use the definition of sine to find the known sides of the unit circle right triangle. The quadrant determines the sign on each of the values.

$\sin (θ) = \frac{opposite}{hypotenuse}$

Find the adjacent side of the unit circle triangle. Since the hypotenuse and opposite sides are known, use the Pythagorean theorem to find the remaining side.

$Adjacent = - \sqrt{{hypotenuse}^{2} - {opposite}^{2}}$

Replace the known values in the equation.

$Adjacent = - \sqrt{{(7)}^{2} - {(2)}^{2}}$

Simplify inside the radical.

Negate $\sqrt{{(7)}^{2} - {(2)}^{2}}$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{{(7)}^{2} - {(2)}^{2}}$

Raise $7$ to the power of $2$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{49 - {(2)}^{2}}$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{49 - 1 \cdot 4}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{49 - 4}$

Subtract $4$ from $49$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{45}$

Rewrite $45$ as $3^{2} \cdot 5$ .

Factor $9$ out of $45$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{9 (5)}$

Rewrite $9$ as $3^{2}$ .

Adjacent $= - \sqrt{3^{2} \cdot 5}$

Pull terms out from under the radical.

Adjacent $= - (3 \sqrt{5})$

Multiply $3$ by $- 1$ .

Adjacent $= - 3 \sqrt{5}$

Find the value of cosine.

Use the definition of cosine to find the value of $\cos (θ)$ .

$\cos (θ) = \frac{adj}{hyp}$

Substitute in the known values.

$\cos (θ) = \frac{- 3 \sqrt{5}}{7}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\cos (θ) = - \frac{3 \sqrt{5}}{7}$

Find the value of tangent.

Use the definition of tangent to find the value of $\tan (θ)$ .

$\tan (θ) = \frac{opp}{adj}$

Substitute in the known values.

$\tan (θ) = \frac{2}{- 3 \sqrt{5}}$

Simplify the value of $\tan (θ)$ .

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2}{(3) \sqrt{5}}$

Multiply $\frac{2}{3 \sqrt{5}}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}$ .

$\tan (θ) = - (\frac{2}{3 \sqrt{5}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}})$

Combine and simplify the denominator.

Multiply $\frac{2}{3 \sqrt{5}}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 \sqrt{5} \sqrt{5}}$

Move $\sqrt{5}$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 (\sqrt{5} \sqrt{5})}$

Raise $\sqrt{5}$ to the power of $1$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 (\sqrt{5} \sqrt{5})}$

Raise $\sqrt{5}$ to the power of $1$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 (\sqrt{5} \sqrt{5})}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 {\sqrt{5}}^{1 + 1}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 {\sqrt{5}}^{2}}$

Rewrite ${\sqrt{5}}^{2}$ as $5$ .

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{5}$ as $5^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 {(5^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}}$

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}}$

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5^{\frac{2}{2}}}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5^{\frac{2}{2}}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5}$

Evaluate the exponent.

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5}$

Multiply $3$ by $5$ .

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{15}$

Find the value of cotangent.

Use the definition of cotangent to find the value of $\cot (θ)$ .

$\cot (θ) = \frac{adj}{opp}$

Substitute in the known values.

$\cot (θ) = \frac{- 3 \sqrt{5}}{2}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\cot (θ) = - \frac{3 \sqrt{5}}{2}$

Find the value of secant.

Use the definition of secant to find the value of $\sec (θ)$ .

$\sec (θ) = \frac{hyp}{adj}$

Substitute in the known values.

$\sec (θ) = \frac{7}{- 3 \sqrt{5}}$

Simplify the value of $\sec (θ)$ .

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7}{(3) \sqrt{5}}$

Multiply $\frac{7}{3 \sqrt{5}}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}$ .

$\sec (θ) = - (\frac{7}{3 \sqrt{5}} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}})$

Combine and simplify the denominator.

Multiply $\frac{7}{3 \sqrt{5}}$ by $\frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 \sqrt{5} \sqrt{5}}$

Move $\sqrt{5}$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 (\sqrt{5} \sqrt{5})}$

Raise $\sqrt{5}$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 (\sqrt{5} \sqrt{5})}$

Raise $\sqrt{5}$ to the power of $1$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 (\sqrt{5} \sqrt{5})}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 {\sqrt{5}}^{1 + 1}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 {\sqrt{5}}^{2}}$

Rewrite ${\sqrt{5}}^{2}$ as $5$ .

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{5}$ as $5^{\frac{1}{2}}$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 {(5^{\frac{1}{2}})}^{2}}$

Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, ${(a^{m})}^{n} = a^{m n}$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5^{\frac{1}{2} \cdot 2}}$

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $2$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5^{\frac{2}{2}}}$

Cancel the common factor of $2$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5^{\frac{2}{2}}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5}$

Evaluate the exponent.

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3 \cdot 5}$

Multiply $3$ by $5$ .

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{15}$

Find the value of cosecant.

Use the definition of cosecant to find the value of $\csc (θ)$ .

$\csc (θ) = \frac{hyp}{opp}$

Substitute in the known values.

$\csc (θ) = \frac{7}{2}$

This is the solution to each trig value.

$\sin (θ) = \frac{2}{7}$

$\cos (θ) = - \frac{3 \sqrt{5}}{7}$

$\tan (θ) = - \frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{15}$

$\cot (θ) = - \frac{3 \sqrt{5}}{2}$

$\sec (θ) = - \frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{15}$

$\csc (θ) = \frac{7}{2}$

Find the Other Trig Values in Quadrant II sin(theta)=2/7

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