What is the difference between the reciprocal of a trig function and the inverse of a trig function?

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Inverse is used to find the value of an angle. The inverse of a trigonometric function gives you the angle instead of the ratio. Commonly, these are denoted with the prefix "arc-". So, the inverse of the tan function is the arctan function.

The reciprocal of a trigonometric function is simply its algebraic reciprocal--that is, 1 over the function.

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