How to show a set is orthogonal

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Let $C[0,2π]$ be the vector space of continuous functions defined on $[0,2π]$

For $n = 1,2,\ldots $, let $f_n ,g_n ∈ C[0,2π]$ be given by

$$f_n(x) = \cos(nx)$$

$$g_n(x) = \sin(nx)$$

(i) Show that $\{1, f_1 ,g_1 ,\ldots, f_n ,g_n,\ldots\}$ is an orthogonal set

(ii) Turn the above set into an orthonormal set

I am having trouble on how show that the set for (i) is orthogonal

I did: $$\langle f,g\rangle = \int_0^{2\pi} \cos(nx)\sin(nx)\,dx = \frac{\sin^2(2\pi n)}{2n}$$

Now for each value of $n$, this evaluates to $0$, and we know that $u$ if orthogonal to $v$ if $\langle u,v\rangle = 0$

Would this be enough to show that the set if orthogonal?

For (ii) would multiplying each vector $v$ in the orthogonal set by $1/\|v\|$ give me an orthonormal set?

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