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Measure of angles in radians
- Write in degrees and in radians the range of an angle of any equilateral triangle.
- Write in degrees and radians three full rotations to the circumference unit.
We know that the sum of all angles in a triangle is $180th^\circ$, since an equilateral triangle has three equal angles what we must write is $60^\circ$. Let's now convert this into radians by means of the conversion factor that transforms from degrees to radians: $$60^\circ \cdot \dfrac{2\pi \ \mbox{radians}}{360^\circ}=\dfrac{60\cdot 2\pi}{360}\mbox{radians} = \dfrac{\pi}{3} \mbox{radians} $$
We know that a full rotation is $360^\circ$, therefore three full rotations will be $3 \cdot 360^\circ$ giving a total of $1080^\circ$. But, on the other hand, we also know that a full rotation corresponds to the total longitude of the circumference which, in this case, is $2\pi$. If there are three turns, there are $3 \cdot 2\pi$ which equals $6\pi$ radians. If we prefer to do it by means of a conversion factors then: $$1080^\circ \cdot \dfrac{2\pi \ \mbox{radians}}{360^\circ}=\dfrac{1080\cdot 2\pi}{360}\mbox{radians} = 6\pi \ \mbox{radians} $$
- $60^\circ = \dfrac{\pi}{3} \mbox{radians} $
- $1080^\circ = 6\pi \ \mbox{radians} $