SOLUTION: sin^2+cos^2=1

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Question 365471: sin^2+cos^2=1
Answer by Sphinx pinastri(17) About Me  (Show Source):
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Draw an unit circle and take a dot on the circle.
The sine and cosine make the catheti of a right triangle.
Hypotenuse, the radius of the circle equals 1.
So the identity is just a special case of a Pythagorean
theorem.