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Stationary Ray Terminal Side:, When The Rotation Is Counterclockwise, And

Angles are formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex. Angles are measured in degrees or radians to determine the amount of rotation of the initial side to coincide with the terminal side. A full rotation is 360 degrees, with one degree equaling 1/360 of a full rotation. Positive angles rotate counterclockwise and negative angles rotate clockwise. Radians measure the central angle that subtends an arc with length equal to the radius, with one radian equaling 180 degrees and a full circle equaling 2π radians.

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Stationary Ray Terminal Side:, When The Rotation Is Counterclockwise, And

Angles are formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex. Angles are measured in degrees or radians to determine the amount of rotation of the initial side to coincide with the terminal side. A full rotation is 360 degrees, with one degree equaling 1/360 of a full rotation. Positive angles rotate counterclockwise and negative angles rotate clockwise. Radians measure the central angle that subtends an arc with length equal to the radius, with one radian equaling 180 degrees and a full circle equaling 2π radians.

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ANGLES AND ITS MEASURES

Angle is formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex. One side of the angle rotates
about a common endpoint and the other side remains stationary. The stationary ray is the initial side of the
angle, and the rotating ray is the terminal side of the angle. Since the rotation may either be clockwise or
counter clockwise, an arrow is used to indicate its direction.

Angles are measured to determine the amount of rotation the initial sides makes to coincide with the
terminal side. This measure is expressed either in degrees or in radians.
The angle formed by rotating the terminal side exactly once in the counterclockwise directions until
it coincides with the initial side has a degree measure of 360 ( 1 revolution ). Revolution is the motion of a
body about a center or about its axis. One degree or 1° is 1/360 revolution.
If the terminal side is not moved from the initial side, the angle measure is zero.

Starting from the initial side, an angle of 45° is 1/2 of a right angle in the counterclockwise direction;
an angle of - 90° is 1/4 revolution in the clockwise direction.
These measures are either positive or negative depending upon the direction of the angle’s rotation:
positive , when the rotation is counterclockwise, and, negative , when the rotation is clockwise.
If the terminal side of a central angle coincides with a coordinate axis such as that its initial side coincides
with the positive side of the x axis, the angle is called quadrantal angle.
It follows that the abscissa or the ordinate of a point on the terminal side of the central angle is zero.

DEGREES AND RADIANS


The study of circular functions necessitates an understanding of the relationship between degrees and
radians and their corresponding conversions.

RADIAN is the measure of a central angle of a circle whose rays subtend an arc on the circle whose
length is equal to the radius of the circle. The circumference of a circle is 2 π times the radius, and
consequently it subtends a central angle of 2 π radian.
Since the circumference of a circle is subtended by a central angle of 360 ∘, it follows that
2 π radian = 360∘
Or π radian = 180∘
The above relationship may be used in the conversion of one angle measure to another.

180°
To convert degrees to radian, multiply the given number by
π

π
To convert degrees to radian, multiply the given number of degrees by
180°

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