Converting radians to degrees (1 Viewer)

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I'm having trouble with this question, and i'm not even sure if its possible,
i need to convert (2 pi)/3 into degrees, and i've got

(2 pi)/3 x 180/pi

but i'm not sure how to simplify it, because i end up with 2/3=180 :S


Thanks :)
 
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jexca said:
I'm having trouble with this question, and i'm not even sure if its possible,
i need to convert (2 pi)/3 into degrees, and i've got

(2 pi)/3 x 180/pi

but i'm not sure how to simplify it, because i end up with 2/3=180 :S


Thanks :)
you should kno that pi/3 = 60 degrees, hence 2pi/3 is 120

erm what you have done is correct. (2 pi)/3 x 180/pi is actually 120,

radians --> degrees = radians / (pi/180)

degrees --> radians = degrees * (pi/180)
 

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Hahaha god i'm an idiot... I just realised how simple that was, even when i was getting 2/3 = 180, 120 is 2 thirds of 180 anyway :p

Thankyou for your help :)
 

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