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Radians and Degrees

Radians and Degrees. Intro to Calculus March 2010. Wicked Important!.

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Radians and Degrees

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  1. Radians and Degrees Intro to Calculus March 2010

  2. Wicked Important! The trigonometric functions are among the most fundamental in mathematics. They were initially developed to aid in the measurement of triangles and their angles, and they are used daily in surveying and navigation. However they can be used to describe any natural phenomenon that is periodic, and in higher mathematics they are fundamental tools for understanding many abstract spaces.

  3. The primary use of trigonometric functions is in the measurement of angles. Although the ancient Babylonian degree unit of angle measure is still in wide use, in mathematics we prefer to use the radian measure. Given a circle centered at the origin in the Cartesian plane, imagine taking a radius and laying it along the outside circle, beginning at the x axis and going counterclockwise.

  4. Some basics… • We begin with two basic measurements followed by two fundamental definitions. • Once around a circle is 360º. • And that the circumference of a circle is 2r

  5. If the radius is 1, C =2(1)

  6. Circumference or 360º =

  7. Degrees to Radians Using the fact that 360º corresponds to 2Π radians, we can generate the following angle measures: Dividing equals 180º which is radians Dividing gives us 90º which is radians

  8. Degrees to Radians Using the fact that 360º is 2 radians and 180º is radians, we can always convert degrees to radians by Multiplying the degree measurement by

  9. Converting degrees to Radians!

  10. And we can convert to degrees … If we have a radian measure we can multiply by So

  11. Wrap Up Degree measure of angle is based upon the in a circle and radian measure is based upon as another way to describe one complete circle. We can convert from radians to degrees And from degrees to radians.

  12. 34º 3π rad 6π rad rad rad 732º 4π rad π rad rad 46º 150º rad rad 2010º Review • Convert to radians or degrees!

  13. 34º 15º 156º 272º 994º 52º 36º 174º 532º 732º 35º 37º 376º 631º 897º 4π rad 94º 324º 856º 1768º 74º 53º 163º 428º 2000º Review Convert to radians

  14. 2π rad 7π rad 45π rad 2π rad 14π rad 9 rad 6π rad 6π rad 8π rad π rad 4π rad 73π rad 5π rad 3π rad 3π rad π rad 8 rad 25π rad 3π rad 4π rad Review Convert to degrees

  15. The unit circle and Radians

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