Precalculus : Pre-Calculus

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Example Questions

Example Question #2 : Find The Measure Of A Coterminal Angle

Find the coterminal angle of 15 degrees in standard position from the following answers.

 

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Explanation:

To determine the coterminal angle, simply add or subtract increments or decrements of 360 degrees to the given angle.  

For :

These angles can all be coterminal to 15 degrees.  The only answer is .

Example Question #301 : Pre Calculus

Find the coterminal angle of , if possible.

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Explanation:

In order to find a coterminal angle, or angles of the given angle, simply add or subtract 360 degrees of the terminal angle as many times as possible.

The only correct answer is .

Example Question #6 : Find The Measure Of A Coterminal Angle

Which of the following angles is coterminal to ?

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Explanation:

Which of the following angles is coterminal to ?

Coterminal angles are angles which start and end at the same point. In other words, they share both their starting and ending point. Note, this doesn't require them to be the same angle. 

For instance,  is coterminal with , because they both start on the positive x-axis, and end at the same place in quadrant 2.

So, we want to find an angle that ends at the same place in quadrant 1 as . Of the answer choices, only 1 ends in quadrant 1, so that one must be our answer: 

Example Question #1 : Angle Measures In Degrees And Radians

Convert  to radians.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we must know that

 

with this formula, we can find our answer:

Example Question #1 : Convert Between Degrees And Radians

Convert  to radians.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we need to know that

using this formula, we can find our answer:

Example Question #3 : Angle Measures In Degrees And Radians

Convert   to degrees.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we need to know that

using this formula, we can find our answer:

Example Question #2 : Angle Measures In Degrees And Radians

Convert  to radians.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem, we need to know that

we can arrive to our answer by using this formula:

Example Question #5 : Angle Measures In Degrees And Radians

Convert  to degrees.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we need to know that

we can arrive to our answer by using this formula:

Example Question #3 : Angle Measures In Degrees And Radians

Find  expressed as radians.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert from degrees into radians,

multiply the angle in degrees by 

Example Question #5 : Convert Between Degrees And Radians

Convert the following to degrees:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To convert, multiply by the conversion factor .

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