SOLUTION: why would you want to use the identities to solve for the six trig functions of an angle instead of using ratios of x ,y and r

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Question 989459: why would you want to use the identities to solve for the six trig functions of an angle instead of using ratios of x ,y and r
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Who said I would?
It depends on the problem.

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