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Matea Manuleleua

Mrs. Strong

Secondary Math 3

23 May 2017

Midterm Paper

Radians are another way to measure angles that

align with pi and sine, cosine, and tangent. A radian is a

measurement of an

angle that is equal to

an angle at the center

of a circle with an arc that is equal to the length of the

radius. An arc is the outer portion that lines with the

circumference of

the circle as

shown in purple

to the left. Radians are used in circles that help

determine a certain angle within the circle. Pi is

used to count the radians of the circle or what

fraction of pi the radian is. For example, 120

degrees is equal to 2 pi over 3. The 2 states how

many pi there are and pi over 3 states what size of pi and all together they make

radians.
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The problem says to take the given angle in radians and draw it in its own unit

circle and the angle is 11 pi over 6. The first step is to

divide the circle into 6 parts on both halves of the circle,

this is because 1 pi is equal to 180 degrees and pi is

sorted out by 1 radian, so in total you will end up with

12 different sections within the circle (the green lines).

Then you would count 11 of those sections. In the end

11 pi over 6 would look like the last green line that has

the angle in red.

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Radians when they are graphed on a circle create triangles and that’s where

sine, cosine, and tangent come in because

cosine and sine are the x and y coordinates

of the point where the angle meets the circle.

Tangent is equal to the sine over the cosine

which equals the slope of the hypotenuse

of the angle. These right

triangles created by the

cosine and the sine of the angle also create what are called

Special Triangles. Special triangles consist of the 45-45-90

and the 30-60-90 triangles that are located on the unit

circle. These special right triangles make the most

commonly known angles that are represented to the right

with the different colors.

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Physics measures the constellation rotation of the

stars with the same method that we measure angles on a

unit circle. Where the constellation is the same concept as

measuring the point where it touches the circle (cosine and

sine). There are 360 degrees in a circle, there are 365 days

in a year, and the constellations rotate throughout the year.

So just as we calculate angles in radians and the unit circle,

we do the same when tracking constellations over the

course of a year.

Resources
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● https://betterexplained.com/wp-content/uploads/angles/constellation_rotation.png

● http://bookzoompa.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/unit-circle-2.png

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