document.write( "Question 365471: sin^2+cos^2=1 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #260569 by Sphinx pinastri(17)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Draw an unit circle and take a dot on the circle. \n" ); document.write( "The sine and cosine make the catheti of a right triangle. \n" ); document.write( "Hypotenuse, the radius of the circle equals 1.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the identity is just a special case of a Pythagorean \n" ); document.write( "theorem. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |