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Grade 12Trigonometry

State whether the following are true or false. Justify your answer.
cot A is not defined for A = 0°.

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

The answer is True.

Since cot function is the reciprocal of the tan function,
it is also written as:

cot A = cos A/sin A
Now substitute A = 0°

cot 0° = cos 0°/sin 0°
= 1/0
= undefined.
Hence, it is true

Thanks