Finding Exact Value using Trig Identities and Complementary Angle Theorem

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Hey guys, I've been trying to wrap my mind around this problem but I've really come up short.

Any help would be amazing.

If tanX=10 Find the exact value of cot(pi/2 - x)
 
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Dundee3 said:
Hey guys, I've been trying to wrap my mind around this problem but I've really come up short.

Any help would be amazing.

If tanX=10 Find the exact value of cot(pi/2 - x)

Among the identities You find in...

List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

... there is $\displaystyle \cot (\frac{\pi}{2} - x) = \tan x$...

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Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

Thank you!