Pythagorean Identity
The basic relationship between the sine and the cosine is the Pythagorean trigonometric identity:
where cos2 θ means (cos(θ))2 and sin2 θ means (sin(θ))2.
This can be viewed as a version of the Pythagorean theorem, and follows from the equation x2 + y2 = 1 for the unit circle. This equation can be solved for either the sine or the cosine:
Read more about this topic: List Of Trigonometric Identities
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