SOLUTION: Find the reference angle for 7π/10 What are the steps to solve it? and the answer is suppose to be, 3π/10

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Question 985794: Find the reference angle for 7π/10
What are the steps to solve it? and the answer is suppose to be, 3π/10

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the reference angle for 7π/10
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Note:: 7pi/10 is in the 2nd quadrant.
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The reference angle is ALWAYS the positive acute angle that
separates the given angle from the x-axis.
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Since the x-axis in QII is 10pi/10, the reference angle
is 10pi/10 - 7pi/10 = 3pi/10
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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