How To Find The Reference Angle In Radians and Degrees - Trigonometry

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Posted on: Apr 24, 2025

Video by: The Organic Chemistry Tutor

This trigonometry video tutorial provides a basic introduction into reference angles. It explains how to find the reference angle in radians and degrees. Trigonometry Final Exam Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAsbx4TEnL0 Trigonometry - Free Formula Sheet: https://www.video-tutor.net/formula-sheets.html Trigonometry Video Lessons: https://www.video-tutor.net/basic-trigonometry.html Final Exam and Test Prep Videos: https://bit.ly/41WNmI9

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now let's talk about reference angles

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and how to find them

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so let's say if we have an angle

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of 120 degrees

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what is the reference angle

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so let's draw 120 degrees 120

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is in quadrant two

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so this is 120 relative to the positive

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x-axis

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the reference angle

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is the angle between the x-axis

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and the terminal side or the terminal

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array

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and it's always less than 90. it's

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between 0 and 90.

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so what is the angle here

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to find that angle we know it's

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if this angle is 180

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and this is 120 it has to be the

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difference between the two

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so it's 180 minus

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120

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so this angle is 60 and that's the

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reference angle

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so let's try another example what is the

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reference angle

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for an angle that's 210 relative to

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positive x-axis

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so this is 210

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and we know the negative x-axis is 180.

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so the difference is 30.

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so the reference angle is always between

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a terminal ray and the x-axis

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now there are some equations that you

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can use to easily find the reference

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angle

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so anytime you have an angle in quadrant

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one the reference angle

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is equal to the angle in quadrant one

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if you have an angle in quadrant two the

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reference angle

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is going to be 180 minus the angle in

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quadrant two

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if the angle is in quadrant three

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the reference angle

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is going to be the angle in quadrant

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three minus 180

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now if the angle is in quadrant four

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then it's going to be 360 minus the

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angle in quadrant four

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