Find the slope of the tangent line to the unit circle at the point where $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}$
To find the slope of the tangent line to the unit circle at the point where $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}$, we start by finding the coordinates of the point on the unit circle.
At $\theta = \frac{\pi}{4}$, the coordinates are:
$$ (\cos(\frac{\pi}{4}), \sin(\frac{\pi}{4})) = (\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2})$$
The slope of the tangent line to the unit circle at any point $(x, y)$ is given by $-\frac{x}{y}$.
Therefore, the slope at the point $(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2})$ is:
$$ -\frac{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}}{\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}} = -1 $$