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there are values of t so that sin t=.35 and cos t=.6 true or false?

 Sep 17, 2015
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One of the Pythagorean Identities for trigonometry says that  sin2(x) + cos2(x) = 1.

If sin(x) = 0.35 and cos(x) = 0.60, then sin2(x) + cos2(x) =  (0.35)2 + (0.60)2  =  0.4825.

Since this does not equal 1, the situation is impossible -- the answer is "false".

 Sep 17, 2015

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