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Ch. 1 - Trigonometric Functions
Lial - Trigonometry 12th Edition
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Capitolo 2, Problema 4

Find the angle of least positive measure that is coterminal with each angle. 792°

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Understand that angles are coterminal if they differ by full rotations of 360°. To find an angle coterminal with 792°, we need to subtract multiples of 360° until the result is between 0° and 360°.
Set up the expression to find the coterminal angle: \(\theta = 792^\circ - 360^\circ \times k\), where \(k\) is an integer chosen so that \(0^\circ \leq \theta < 360^\circ\).
Determine the appropriate value of \(k\) by dividing 792 by 360: \(\frac{792}{360} = 2.2\). Since \(k\) must be an integer, try \(k=2\).
Calculate the coterminal angle using \(k=2\): \(\theta = 792^\circ - 360^\circ \times 2\).
Verify that the resulting angle \(\theta\) is between 0° and 360°, which will be the least positive angle coterminal with 792°.

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