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Ch. 3 - Radian Measure and The Unit Circle
Lial - Trigonometry 12th Edition
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Capitolo 4, Problema 2b

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Consider each angle in standard position having the given radian measure. In what quadrant does the terminal side lie?


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Recall that the standard position of an angle means its vertex is at the origin and its initial side lies along the positive x-axis. The terminal side is the ray obtained after rotating the initial side by the given angle measure.
Understand that the radian measure of an angle corresponds to the length of the arc on the unit circle subtended by that angle. The full circle corresponds to \(2\pi\) radians, which is approximately 6.283 radians.
Identify the quadrants based on radian measures: Quadrant I is from \(0\) to \(\frac{\pi}{2}\), Quadrant II is from \(\frac{\pi}{2}\) to \(\pi\), Quadrant III is from \(\pi\) to \(\frac{3\pi}{2}\), and Quadrant IV is from \(\frac{3\pi}{2}\) to \(2\pi\).
Compare the given angle measure, which is 4 radians, to these quadrant boundaries. Since \(\pi \approx 3.1416\) and \(\frac{3\pi}{2} \approx 4.7124\), 4 radians lies between \(\pi\) and \(\frac{3\pi}{2}\).
Conclude that because 4 radians is between \(\pi\) and \(\frac{3\pi}{2}\), the terminal side of the angle lies in Quadrant III.

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