(a) Using your calculator, fill in the table below. What do you notice?

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(b) Using the Pythagorean theorem, relate the side lengths of the triangle shown in the diagram above.








(c) By writing and in terms of trigonometric functions of , rewrite your equation from part (b) in terms of the angle . This result is called the Pythagorean identity.








(d) Suppose we are given that and is in the first quadrant. Use your work from part (c) to find the exact value of .

(e) Suppose we are given that and is in the third quadrant. Use your work from part (c) to find the exact value of .