Degrees, Radians, Sine, and Cosine in Quadrant 1

Degrees, Radians, Sine, and Cosine in Quadrant 1

11th Grade · 45 min

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Learning Objective

I can convert between degree and radian measures for angles in the first quadrant and determine the sine and cosine.

  • 1

    The unit circle is a circle with a radius of one superimposed on the coordinate plane, with its center at the origin.

  • 2

    Every point on the unit circle has an X coordinate equal to cosine θ and a Y coordinate equal to sine θ.

  • 3

    The sine values for angles in the first quadrant start at the X axis with a value of √0/2, then climb to √1/2, √2/2, √3/2, and finally √4/2 at the Y axis.