WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Spinning Out Sine and Cosine

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θ
Imagine a point that starts at
(1,0)
and rotates counterclockwise on the unit circle. If
θ
is the length (in radians) of the arc on the circle between
(1,0)
and the point, then as the point moves around the circle its
x
and
y
coordinates are the cosine and sine of
θ
.