The secant of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to the length of the adjacent side.
Imagine you are driving a car on a curvy road. The secant would be like measuring how far you have traveled from your starting point, regardless of whether you are going uphill or downhill.
Tangent: The tangent of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the adjacent side.
Cosine: The cosine of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the hypotenuse.
Sine: The sine of an angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the hypotenuse.
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