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document.write( "You probably mean a 240 deg angle in standard position instead of a central angle which could be in any specified position.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "240º places the reference angle of 60º in quadrant III where sin and cos<0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In a unit circle the hypotenuse =1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The opposite side is the y-coordinate on the unit circle=sin<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The adjacent side is the x-coordinate on the unit circle=cos<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-coordinate=-0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-coordinate=-&#8730;3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(x,y)=P(-0.5,-&#8730;3/2)\r<BR>\n" );
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