AlgebraLab

Determining the Direction of a Vector

By L Camarota

For the following questions, you will be given the x- and y-coordinates of a point on a Cartesian Plane. By using the appropriate right triangle trig identity you are to determine the angle a vector connecting the origin to the given point would make with the positive x-axis.

(5,5)

(-1,0)

(-1.1)

(-6,0)

(17.2,17.2)

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(-2,2)