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Priya Darshini

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Nov 10, 2020, 1:20:11 PM11/10/20

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Please explain this question to me. Activity question week 2.

The distance of a point P(1,|tanθ|)P(1,|tanθ|) from the origin is __________

Kaushal Patil

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Nov 10, 2020, 2:32:55 PM11/10/20

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Distance of point from origin is (x^2 + y^2)^1/2

So substituting x and y here we get [1+(TanTheta)^2]^1/2 and in trigonometry we have a relation that 1+(tantheta)^2 =(sectheta)^2 So we get distance as |sectheta|

Debajyoti Biswas

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Nov 11, 2020, 12:13:23 AM11/11/20

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