An angle on the coordinate plane is in standard position if:
● the origin is the vertex of the angle ● and the positive x-axis is one ray of the angle.
The ray on the x-axis is
the initial side. θ The other ray is the terminal side terminal side. initial side Angles are measured as counterclockwise rotations. A negative angle indicates a clockwise rotation.
Consider the right triangle formed along the x-axis with a vertex at the origin and a vertex at a point P(x, y) on the unit circle in the first quadrant. What are the trigonometric ratios for the angle at the origin, θ, in terms of x and y? y adjacent leg = x 1 opposite leg = y P(x, y) hypotenuse = radius, r = 1 hypotenuse r cosθ = x/r = x opposite sinθ = y/r = y θ tanθ = y/x adjacent 1 x
What is the length of an arc on the unit circle if it is
intercepted by a 90° angle? total circumference = 2πr = 2π 90° 90° π arc length = 2π = 360° 2 1 The length of an arc on the unit circle intercepted by an angle is called the radian measure of that angle. 1 radian is the angle intercepted by an arc the same length as the radius. 2π radians is a full turn.
with hypotenuse of length 1? 12 = x2 + x2 45° x 1 The angles are 12 = 2x2 √2 congruent so the legs 1 ⁄2 ⁄2 = x 2 are equal in length. 1 45° ⁄√2 = x √2 ⁄2 = x √2 ⁄2 x
