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when using the arctangent to solve for the angle of the vector, what happens if the angle is negative so subtracting it from 360 makes it more than 360

ex:: arctan of 16/-32= -26.6, 360-(-26.6)= 386.6 386.6>360

 Sep 5, 2015
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Remember that the arctangent returns an angle from ( -90 , 90 )

 

In this case the angle is  -26.6°....so  we would actually add this to 360° to get the correct positive angle of  333.4°

 

 

 

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 Sep 5, 2015

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