Radian & Degree & A Trick Prepared by LENG KIEN YUEN 14 July 2011

Radian & Degree () Radian is another way in expressing degree. It is useful in circular measurement and trigonometry. where is a irrational number 3.14159265358979... and

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Note Radian, and degree, are SI unit. The unit is cancelled when divided with the same unit. It is same as what we learned in the first chapter in Physics. In Wikipedia, Radian is the ratio between the length of an arc and its radius. Hence, the radian is a pure number that needs no unit symbol, and in mathematical writing the symbol is almost always omitted. In the absence of any symbol radians are assumed, and when degrees are meant the symbol is used. Please take note! (Now, I only knew this fact! Paiseh Paiseh)

Radian & Degree & A Trick Prepared by LENG KIEN YUEN 14 July 2011

Little Trick (Very useful in Mathematics and Physics) You may come across some questions like 1 apples for RM 2. How much should be paid for 2 apple? It is a easy question, answer is RM 4 ( 2 RM2 ). Then, if 2 apples for RM 3, then how much should be paid for 5 apples? It is slightly difficult. Approach 1 Conventional approach is finding the price per apple then multiply with number of apple bought. That is . Where . is value per apple.

Approach 2 What is the proportion of 5 apples to 2 apples? 5 apples is . times of 2 apples. So, the price of 5 apple is . . If you combine the steps together, then you will have the following . Note: These 2 approaches are only working when the a variable is directly proportional to another variable and can be expressed in this form y is dependant variable (Output), x is independent variable (Input) and k is a constant (Fixed) For example, , Price is dependant variable and Number of apples is independent variable. where k is Price per apples (Constant). It also means that if we double the number of apples, we also double the price. It also works for treat whole , , and many more as we just need to and as a independent variable.

Radian & Degree & A Trick Prepared by LENG KIEN YUEN 14 July 2011

Question Area of a square with side z is A. What is area of the square in term of A when the side is 2z? Area of a square, . It satisfies , where , , . Hence, but

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Approach 2

How to convert degree to radian or radian to degree? We know that and . Hence, you can use either one of the approaches above. a) Convert 60 to radian. Approach 1

Approach 2 Note that the unit of degree is cancelled when divided by same unit b) Convert 2 rad to degree. Approach 1 . Approach 2 . Note that the unit of radian, rad is cancelled when divided by same unit
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Radian & Degree & A Trick Prepared by LENG KIEN YUEN 14 July 2011

My Thought From the example above, you may think that I just slightly alter the orientation of the equation but actually they are determined by 2 different thoughts. It is interesting? Which suit you the most? It may sound simple and stupid. Yet, it is very useful in Mathematics and Physics. It has link with linear equation when c = 0. With this trick, I can handle a lot of questions with similar type! Little Extra / Extension of Knowledge (I discovered it during STPM) In circular measurement, area of a segment is given area in term of A with the radius is and is doubled? . What is the