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Negative angle

British pronunciation/nˈɛɡətˌɪv ˈaŋɡəl/
American pronunciation/nˈɛɡətˌɪv ˈæŋɡəl/
Negative angle
[NOUN]
1

an angle measured clockwise from the initial side of a reference angle in standard position, usually expressed in degrees or radians

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1It's a negative angle.
2So then the deduction would be that C has to be less than zero, and we can't have negative angles.
3If we move in the rightward direction, we're moving counterclockwise, and as we're moving in the leftward direction along the axis in the negative angles, we're moving in the clockwise, we're moving in the clockwise direction around our unit circle.
4Another way of looking at it is the way which was suggested when I labeled this with a negative angle.
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