DISCOVER ■ PROVE: Finding the Terminal Point for π/6 Suppose the terminal point determined by t = π/6 is P(x, y) and the points Q and R are as shown in the figure. Why are the distances PQ and PR the same? Use this fact, together with the Distance Formula, to show that the coordinates of P satisfy the equation
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