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Cosine is even and sine is odd (C)

It also follows from the definition of cosine and sine as the coordinates of points on the unit circle that for any angle $\theta$,

\begin{displaymath}
\cos(-\theta) = \cos(\theta).\end{displaymath}

and

\begin{displaymath}
\sin(-\theta) = -\sin(\theta).\end{displaymath}



Eric S Key
12/30/1999