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According to cofunction identities, the cosine of an angle is equal to the sine of what?

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Its complement

The term 'cosine' itself comes from 'complementary sine.' This identity states that cos(x) = sin(90° - x), reflecting the relationship between the two acute angles in a right triangle.

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