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(a) The standard unit of angle is degrees and its subdivisions minutes and seconds. An alternate unit is radians, defined in Figure 1.13. Verify that $180^{\circ}=\pi$ radians. Notice that for small angles, the length of the arc ABP is approximately equal to the chord AP . Hence $\theta$ is approximately equal to $\mathrm{D} / \mathrm{r}$ for small angles. (b) Another unit of angle is hours, the same as the unit of time. In this case, $360^{\circ}=24^{\mathrm{h}}$ or $1^{\mathrm{h}}=15^{\circ}$, where the superscript (h) denotes hours. Each hour is further subdivided into minutes and seconds in direct analogy with time units. For example, $50^{\circ}=3^{\mathrm{h}} 20^{\mathrm{m}}$, that is, 3 hours and 20 minutes. Convert $40^{\circ}$ and $160^{\circ}$ into time units (hours, minutes, and seconds).

   (a) The standard unit of angle is degrees and its subdivisions minutes and seconds. An alternate unit is radians, defined in Figure 1.13. Verify that $180^{\circ}=\pi$ radians. Notice that for small angles, the length of the arc ABP is approximately equal to the chord AP . Hence $\theta$ is approximately equal to $\mathrm{D} / \mathrm{r}$ for small angles.
(b) Another unit of angle is hours, the same as the unit of time. In this case, $360^{\circ}=24^{\mathrm{h}}$ or $1^{\mathrm{h}}=15^{\circ}$, where the superscript (h) denotes hours. Each hour is further subdivided into minutes and seconds in direct analogy with time units. For example, $50^{\circ}=3^{\mathrm{h}} 20^{\mathrm{m}}$, that is, 3 hours and 20 minutes. Convert $40^{\circ}$ and $160^{\circ}$ into time units (hours, minutes, and seconds).
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(a) The standard unit of angle is degrees and its subdivisions minutes and seconds. An alternate unit is radians, defined in Figure 1.13. Verify that $180^{\circ}=\pi$ radians. Notice that for small angles, the length of the arc ABP is approximately equal to the chord AP . Hence $\theta$ is approximately equal to $\mathrm{D} / \mathrm{r}$ for small angles. (b) Another unit of angle is hours, the same as the unit of time. In this case, $360^{\circ}=24^{\mathrm{h}}$ or $1^{\mathrm{h}}=15^{\circ}$, where the superscript (h) denotes hours. Each hour is further subdivided into minutes and seconds in direct analogy with time units. For example, $50^{\circ}=3^{\mathrm{h}} 20^{\mathrm{m}}$, that is, 3 hours and 20 minutes. Convert $40^{\circ}$ and $160^{\circ}$ into time units (hours, minutes, and seconds).
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00:01 So for part a, we're going to convert these radians into degrees.
00:04 So we have pi over 2.
00:06 We have pi over 3, and we have pi over 4.
00:11 So to convert them, we would multiply each of them by 180 over pi.
00:17 So the pies will cancel out, leaving me with 180 divided by 2.
00:21 So that equals 90 degrees.
00:24 Same thing, i multiply 180 over pi.
00:28 The pies will cancel out.
00:29 That's 180 divided by 3.
00:32 Which leads us with 60 degrees.
00:36 And then last, multiply 180 divided by pi...
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