New SAT Math - Calculator : Circles

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Example Questions

Example Question #21 : Radians

Simplify and give the followoing expression in degrees:

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

First we need to simplify the expression:

 

Then multiply  by :

 

Example Question #21 : Circles

Simplify and give the followoing expression in degrees:

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

First we need to simplify the expression:

 

Then multiply by :

 

Example Question #582 : New Sat

Convert  radians to degrees.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Use the conversion .

Since we are converting radians to degrees, multiply by 180 degrees and divide by  radians.

Example Question #21 : Circles

How many degrees is 3 radians?

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None of these other answers.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When going from radians to degrees one multiplies by the conversion factor 

.

The radians cancel and the answer is left in degrees.

Example Question #22 : Circles

Convert to radians:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert to radians, set up the ratio :

Example Question #23 : Circles

Convert to degrees:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert, divide by and multiply by :

Example Question #24 : Circles

Convert  radians into degrees.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the definition of "radians" derived from the unit circle:

The quantity of radians given in the problem is . All that is required to convert this measure into degrees is to denote the unknown angle measure in degrees by  and set up a proportion equation using the aforementioned definition relating radians to degrees:

Cross-multiply the denominators in these fractions to obtain:

or

.

Canceling like terms in these equations yields

Hence, the correct angle measure of  in degrees is .

Example Question #24 : Circles

 radians is equivalent to how many degrees?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

1 radian is equal to  degrees. Using this conversion factor,

.

Example Question #28 : Circles

Convert  into radians. 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that there are 360 degrees in a circle which is equivalent to  radians. In order to convert between radians and degrees use the relationship that,

Thus, in order to convert from degrees to radians you need to multiply by .

So in this particular case, 

.

Example Question #25 : Radians And Conversions

Convert  into radians.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall that there are 360 degrees in a circle which is equivalent to  radians. In order to convert between radians and degrees use the relationship that, 

Thus, in order to convert from degrees to radians you need to multiply by . 

So in this particular case,

 .

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