Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 1: Functions - Questions to Guide Your Review - Page 36: 11

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When observing the central angle of a sector of a circle with radius r, we also observe the portion of the circumference (s) subtended by the central angle. We can express the angle in degrees, where a full circle angle has $360^{o}$. We can also express the angle as the ratio $\displaystyle \theta=\frac{s}{r}$. This is called the radian measure of the angle. A full circle has circumference $s=2\pi r$, so the radian measure corresponding to $360^{o}$ is $2\pi.$ From here, we see that $\pi$ radians is equivalent to $180^{o}.$ Conversion formulas are obtained from the proportion: ( radian measure of an angle) to $\pi$ = (angle measure in degrees) to $180^{o}$ or $\displaystyle \frac{\theta}{\pi}=\dfrac{\alpha}{180^{o}}\quad \Rightarrow\left\{\begin{array}{l} \theta=\dfrac{\alpha\cdot\pi}{180^{o}}\\ \\ \alpha=\dfrac{\theta\cdot 180^{o}}{\pi} \end{array}\right.$ where $\theta$= measure in radians, $\alpha$ = measure in angle degrees.
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