If A is an acute angle and sin A = $\frac{3}{5}$, find all other trigonometric ratios of angle A (using trigonometric identities).
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Given sin A = $\frac{3}{5}$
sin2 A + cos2 A = 1
Putting values we get,
$$\begin{aligned}\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{3}{5}\Big)^2 + \text{cos}^2A = 1 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \frac{9}{25} + \text{cos}^2A = 1 \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{cos}^2A = 1 - \frac{9}{25} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{cos}^2A = \frac{25 - 9}{25} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{cos}^2 A = \frac{16}{25} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{cos} A = \sqrt{\frac{16}{25}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \text{cos }A = \frac{4}{5}.\end{aligned}$$
sec A = $\frac{1}{\text{cos A}} = \frac{1}{\frac{4}{5}} = \frac{5}{4}$.
cosec A = $\frac{1}{\text{sin A}} = \frac{1}{\frac{3}{5}} = \frac{5}{3}.$
1 + tan2 A = sec2 A
Putting values we get,
$$\begin{aligned}1 + \text{tan}^2A = \Big(\frac{5}{4}\Big)^2 \\[1em] 1 + \text{tan}^2A = \frac{25}{16} \\[1em] \text{tan}^2A = \frac{25}{16} - 1 \\[1em] \text{tan}^2A = \frac{25 - 16}{16} \\[1em] \text{tan}^2A = \frac{9}{16} \\[1em] \text{tan }A = \sqrt{\frac{9}{16}} \\[1em] \text{tan }A = \frac{3}{4}.\end{aligned}$$
1 + cot2 A = cosec2 A
Putting values we get,
$$\begin{aligned}1 + \text{cot}^2A = \Big(\frac{5}{3}\Big)^2 \\[1em] 1 + \text{cot}^2A = \frac{25}{9} \\[1em] \text{cot}^2A = \frac{25}{9} - 1 \\[1em] \text{cot}^2A = \frac{25 - 9}{9} \\[1em] \text{cot}^2A = \frac{16}{9} \\[1em] \text{cot }A = \sqrt{\frac{16}{9}} \\[1em] \text{cot }A = \frac{4}{3}.\end{aligned}$$
Hence, the value of,
$$\begin{aligned}\text{cos A} = \frac{4}{5} \\[1em] \text{tan A} = \frac{3}{4} \\[1em] \text{cot A} = \frac{4}{3} \\[1em] \text{sec A} = \frac{5}{4} \\[1em] \text{cosec A} = \frac{5}{3}.\end{aligned}$$