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Angles
Entering Angles
Angles are their own object type. An angle is entered by prefixing a number with the angle symbol (∡, AL-RS-6), followed by a number, then finally a suffix that indicates the system (° = degrees, r = radians, g = grads, or d = DMS [Degrees Minutes Seconds] = DDD.MMSS)1). To enter an angle in the current angle mode of the calculator, the suffix can be left off. For example, the following all indicate an angle of 90.5 degrees:
∡90.5°
∡1.5795.r
∡100.5556g
90.3000d
and
∡90.5
with the angle mode set to degrees.
Working with Angles
Trigonometric functions operate on angle objects as expected:
∡45° SIN
yields the real number result 0.7071.
Basic arithmetic operations can also be applied to angle objects:
∡90° ∡50° +
yields ∡135°
∡1.57r ∡50° -
yields ∡0.6973r
∡90° ∡45° *
yields 4050
∡90° ∡45° /
yields 2
The result of an operation on angle objects has the following conventions:
- Addition and subtraction between angles returns an angle expressed in the system of the first argument,
- For all other operations, angles will be converted to the current angle system and output a number.