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Coterminal Angle


Coterminal angles are non-coincident plane angles alpha and beta in angle standard position whose terminal sides coincide.

In general, given a plane angle alpha measured in radians, beta is coterminal to alpha if and only if beta=alpha+/-2npi for some positive integer n in Z^+. Similarly, if beta is a plane angle coterminal to a plane angle alpha measured in degrees, then beta=alpha+/-360n for some positive integer n in Z^+. If n=0, then alpha and beta are coincident.

CoterminalAngleTerminalSide

In the figure above, the non-coincident angles alpha=pi/4 and beta=9pi/4 are coterminal angles.


See also

Angle, Angle Standard Position, Coincident, Initial Side, Reference Angle, Terminal Side

This entry contributed by Christopher Stover

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Stover, Christopher. "Coterminal Angle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CoterminalAngle.html

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