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📌 An anticlockwise rotation produces a positive angle, whereas a clockwise rotation produces a negative angle.
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Anticlockwise rotation is positive, whereas clockwise rotation is negative.
1. What are the initial side, terminal side, and vertex of an angle?
2. A ray rotates clockwise from its initial position to its terminal position. How is the resulting angle classified?
3. How is one radian defined geometrically?
What is an angle in geometry?
The measure of rotation of a ray about its initial point.
What is the original ray in an angle called?
The initial side.
What is the rotated ray in an angle called?
The terminal side.
What is the rotation point of an angle called?
The vertex.
What kind of rotation produces a positive angle?
An anticlockwise rotation.
What kind of rotation produces a negative angle?
A clockwise rotation.
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