For a bevel gear having the pitch angle $$\theta $$, the ratio of formative number of teeth (TE) to actual number of teeth (T) is
A
$$\frac{1}{{\sin \theta }}$$
B
$$\frac{1}{{\cos \theta }}$$
C
$$\frac{1}{{\tan \theta }}$$
D
$$\sin \theta \cos \theta $$
Correct Answer: $$\frac{1}{{\cos \theta }}$$