SOLUTION: what is the slope of the radius of the unit circle that has a 135 degree angle with the positive horizontal axis

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Question 444438: what is the slope of the radius of the unit circle that has a 135 degree angle with the positive horizontal axis
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what is the slope of the radius of the unit circle that has a 135 degree angle with the positive horizontal axis
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What you have here is a right triangle in quadrant II with reference angle=180-135=45º. Tan of this angle is the slope of the radius which is also the hypotenuse of this right triangle.
ans:
slope of radius
=tan 45º=1