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cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)?
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RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)?
Yep. 1/-inf = zero as well.

Limits are good for approximating the value of a function that never actually reaches a value but gets closer and closer without ever getting there.

There technically is no value of tan(pi/2) because the tangent function never reaches pi/2, rather it asymptotically approaches it, with the value going to infinity.

So when you evaluate it within a mathematical expression, you can use the limit.
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cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Grandizer - November 7, 2016 at 6:27 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by SteelCurtain - November 7, 2016 at 6:56 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Grandizer - November 7, 2016 at 7:12 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by SteelCurtain - November 7, 2016 at 7:21 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by robvalue - November 7, 2016 at 7:43 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by robvalue - November 7, 2016 at 7:53 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 10:55 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Alex K - November 7, 2016 at 7:55 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Grandizer - November 7, 2016 at 8:21 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Alex K - November 7, 2016 at 11:10 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Grandizer - November 7, 2016 at 12:13 pm
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 10:56 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 10:56 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 10:57 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 10:58 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 11:00 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by vorlon13 - November 7, 2016 at 11:02 am
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 7, 2016 at 12:31 pm
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by flagbears - January 31, 2017 at 6:30 pm
RE: cot(x) = cos(x)/sin(x) = 1/tan(x)? - by Alex K - January 31, 2017 at 6:41 pm



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