Draw the horizontal line \(y = 0.5\). The line \(y = 0.5\) crosses the graph of \(y = \sin{x}\) four times in the interval \(-360^\circ \leq \theta \leq 360^\circ\) so there are four solutions.

Draw the horizontal line \(y = 0.5\). The line \(y = 0.5\) crosses the graph of \(y = \sin{x}\) four times in the interval \(-360^\circ \leq \theta \leq 360^\circ\) so there are four solutions.

cos(θ) is the x-coordinate of the point P and, sin(θ) is the y-coordinate of the point P. This applet shows how the graphs of sin(θ) and cos(θ) follow directly from the definition of these functions.