Precalc Radians

M. Riling

Paul walks around a circle. The circles radius is 1 meter. Paul begins walking counterclockwise. Consider a coordinate grid with Paul starting at the point (1, 0).

As Paul walks an increasing distance around the circle, he passes through many points.

1. How far will Paul walk before returning to the point (1, 0)? 2. Graph the unit circle and plot the point where Paul will be after walking each distance: a) exactly meters d) exactly

meters 4

meters 2 e) exactly meters 8

b) exactly

c) exactly 3 meters f) exactly

9 3. At some point, Paul has walked exactly meters. 4 a) In which quadrant is Paul standing at this point?

meters 3

b) Draw a unit circle and plot the point where Paul is now. c) Find another distances that Paul could have walked in order to end up at this same point. 4. At some point, Paul has walked exactly

meters. 4 a) Explain why his x- and y-coordinates must be equal at this point. b) Find the exact coordinates of Pauls location after he walks meters. 4 5 c) Find the exact coordinates of Pauls location after he walks meters. 4 *Hint: draw a triangle*

5. What is the importance of in measuring the distance Paul has walked? In other words, why are most of the questions about multiples of rather than integers?

6. Olivia says that Pauls

walk behaves like 90o. What does she mean? 2

7. As he walks around the circle, what are the highest and lowest possible x- and y-values that Paul reaches, and at what walking distances do they occur? 8. Copy these definitions: CENTRAL ANGLE: Since the origin is the center of the circle, the angle whose measure is is the central angle. (In the picture below, I mean!) ARC: The part of the circle that is between the two sides of the angle is an arc.

9. Say the circles radius is 1. Find the central angle measurements for these arc lengths: 4 5 a) b) c) d) e) 2 4 3 6

10. Give the arc length on the same circle, given these central angle measurements: a) 360o b) 60o c) 120o d) 135o e) 210o 11. Heres another definition: RADIAN-MEASURING: Identifying angles by the arc length they would cut off on a circle with a radius of 1. 12. Draw a circle with a radius of 1. Mark these angles on it by drawing lines like in the picture in #8: a) 0 radians b) radians c) radians d) 2 radians 2 2 5 e) radians f) radians g) radians h) radians 3 3 4 4