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-	{{NAVCONTENT_START}}	+	A useful technique for calculating the value of a trigonometric function for angles that don't lie between <math>0</math> and <math>{\pi }/{2}\;</math> is to use the unit circle. If we draw a line which starts at the origin and makes a certain angle relative to the positive part of the ''x''-axis, we can see that the cosine of that angle is the ''x''-coordinate of the point of intersection between the line and the unit circle. In the same way, the sine of the angle is the ''y''-coordinate of the intersection point.
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		+	In this case, we see immediately that <math>\sin\Bigl(-\frac{\pi}{2}\Bigr) = -1\,</math>.
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A useful technique for calculating the value of a trigonometric function for angles that don't lie between \displaystyle 0 and \displaystyle {\pi }/{2}\; is to use the unit circle. If we draw a line which starts at the origin and makes a certain angle relative to the positive part of the x-axis, we can see that the cosine of that angle is the x-coordinate of the point of intersection between the line and the unit circle. In the same way, the sine of the angle is the y-coordinate of the intersection point.

In this case, we see immediately that \displaystyle \sin\Bigl(-\frac{\pi}{2}\Bigr) = -1\,.