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Ch. 1 - Trigonometric Functions
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Capitolo 2, Problema 95

Find the angle of least positive measure (not equal to the given measure) that is coterminal with each angle. -5280°

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Understand that coterminal angles differ by full rotations of 360°. To find an angle coterminal with the given angle, you add or subtract multiples of 360°.
Given the angle is \(-5280^\circ\), start by adding 360° repeatedly until you get an angle between 0° and 360°, which will be the least positive coterminal angle.
Express this mathematically as: \(\theta = -5280^\circ + 360^\circ \times k\), where \(k\) is an integer chosen so that \(0^\circ < \theta < 360^\circ\).
Calculate the value of \(k\) by dividing 5280 by 360 and finding the smallest integer \(k\) such that \(\theta\) is positive and less than 360°.
Once you find the correct \(k\), substitute back into the equation to find the least positive coterminal angle different from the original \(-5280^\circ\).

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