Given that and is an angle in the third quadrant, find the value of .
Solution
Since and is in the third quadrant, we have:
Recall the Pythagorean trigonometric identity:
Substitute with :
Expand and simplify:
Since is in the third quadrant, is negative:
Recall the cofunction identity:
Therefore:
\boxed{-\frac{\sqrt{5}}{5}}
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