SOLUTION: Show that cos(x+pi/2)= -sin x for every number x

Question 566836: Show that cos(x+pi/2)= -sin x for every number x
Answer by lwsshak3(11628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Show that cos(x+pi/2)= -sin x for every number x
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The best way I know how to show this is doing it graphically with a unit circle.
Note that every time you rotate angle x by π/2 radians, the reference angle changes to the complement of the angle one quadrant over and either the sin or cos switch signs, but not both.
To illustrate, here are examples:
let x=30� (we could use any angle)
sin x=sin 30�=1/2
cos(x+90)=cos120�=-1/2 (reference angle = 60� in quadrant II where cos<0)
cos(x+π/2)= -sin x
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another example:
let x=210�
sin x=-1/2
cos(210+90)=cos300�=1/2 (reference angle = 30� in quadrant IV where cos>0)
cos(x+π/2)= -sin x
Maybe someone can show how to do it algebraically.
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