document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=972316>Question 972316</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is -11pi/4 in the third quadrant? And would the reference angle be 15pi/4? Thanks  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "-11pi/4 = -8pi/4 - 3pi/4 = -3pi/4  is in QIII<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And would the reference angle be 15pi/4? Thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No.  The reference angle is always an acute angle in QI<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is the acute angle between the given angle and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the closest part of the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The reference angle is pi/4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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