SOLUTION: What do you set the equation equal to when you are looking for the measure of an angle in a circle? example: what would the angle equal if the equation was: 15x+3 would I set i

Question 135164: What do you set the equation equal to when you are looking for the measure of an angle in a circle? example: what would the angle equal if the equation was: 15x+3 would I set it equal to 360 or what or what if the equation were just 4x
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What do you set the equation equal to when you are looking for the measure of an angle in a circle? example: what would the angle equal if the equation was 15x+3; would I set it equal to 360 or what or what if the equation were just 4x.
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That is all pretty confusing but I can say this.
If you have y = 15x, 15 is the slope of the line and is
(change in y)/(change in x)
But change in y/change is x is the tangent of a central angle theta
If tan(theta) = 15/1, then theta = 86.18 degrees.
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You may not have wanted to know that.
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Please read your posted question and see if it makes any sense to you.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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