Angle Formula

An angle is formed when two rays intersect, i.e. half-lines projected with a common endpoint. The corner point of angle is known as the vertex of the angle and the rays as the sides, i.e. the lines are known as the arms. It is defined as the measure of turn between the two lines. The unit of angle is radians or degrees. There are different types of formulas for angles some of them are double-angle formula, half-angle formula, compound angle formula, interior angle formula etc.

Central Angle Formula

A n g l e = \frac{A r c L e n g t h \times 360^{o}}{2 π R a d i u s}

Formula for Central Angle

$s = r θ$

θ = s/r
Here, θ represents the central angle in radians, s represents the arc length and r is the length of the radius.

Formula for Double Angle

$\cos (2 a) = \cos^{2} (a) - \sin^{2} (a) = 2 \cos^{2} (a) - 1 = 1 - 2 \sin^{2} (a)$ $\sin (2 a) = 2 \sin (a) \cos (a)$ $\tan (2 a) = \frac{2 \tan (a)}{1 - \tan^{2} (a)}$

Solved Example

Example : Find the angle of a segment in a circle if the arc length is 5π and the radius is 6 units.
Solution:

Using the central angle formula,

Angle =

\begin{array}{l} \frac{A r c L e n g t h \times 360^{o}}{2 \times π \times R a d i u s} \end{array}

Angle =

\begin{array}{l} \frac{5 π \times 360}{2 \times π \times 6} \end{array}

degrees

Angle = 150 degrees

More topics in Angle Formulas
Radians to Degrees Formula	Multiple Angle Formulas
Right Angle Formula

Angle Formula

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