Which Trigonometric Functions Are Even?

Cosine and secant are even; sine, tangent, cosecant, and cotangent

cotangent
Cotangent. The cotangent function is the reciprocal of the tangent function, and is abbreviated as cot . It can be described as the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the hypotenuse in a triangle.
are odd. Even and odd properties can be used to evaluate trigonometric functions.

Which trigonometric function is an even function?

Sine is an odd function, and cosine is an even function. You may not have come across these adjectives “odd” and “even” when applied to functions, but it's important to know them. A function f is said to be an odd function if for any number x, f(–x) = –f(x).

Are Sin Cos Tan even or odd functions?

Because sine, cosine, and tangent are functions (trig functions), they can be defined as even or odd functions as well. Sine and tangent are both odd functions, and cosine is an even function.

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