Does cos + sin always equal 0?

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does cos + sin = 0?
 
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cos + sin can never be equal to anything other than cos + sin. sin and cos are just functions. Neither has a "value" as such.

Do you want to if sin(somevalue1) + cos(somevalue2) = 0?
 
Ry122 said:
does cos + sin = 0?

like neutrino said cos + sin have no meaning. But if we get let's say

sin(2n pi)+ cos[(pi/2)+n pi] =0, and there are more samples like this. if this is what you meant at first place?
 
did you mean [tex]cosx+sinx=0[/tex] ?
[tex]\mbox{for the above to be true},\\ cosx=-sinx \\ \Rightarrow cotx=-1[/tex] (or [tex]sinx=0[/tex] but this does not hold for that.)
 
Please only post calculus questions in this forum.
 
ChaoticLlama said:
Please only post calculus questions in this forum.
LOL,this may well be calculus...
[tex]Max(sinx+cosx)= \sqrt{2}[/tex]
[tex]Min(sinx+cosx)= -\sqrt{2}[/tex]
Since they function is continuous, it must have x such that f(x)=0