Is it possible to have negative angles

How can an angle be negative? Ask Question. Asked 5 years, 10 months ago. Active 5 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 8k times. Yogus Yogus 1 1 silver badge 7 7 bronze badges. I am loving it. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Emilio Novati Emilio Novati Bernard Bernard k 9 9 gold badges 60 60 silver badges bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.

Sign up using Email and Password. We need to remember first that negative has nothing to do with the size of something, just the direction it goes in. I explain that best by talking about calling your parents for a ride.

I can walk positive 10 feet or negative 10 feet along the x axis. Same distance, different directions. A negative angle starts from an initial side and moves counterclockwise to its terminal side. What does it mean to have a negative angle? Trigonometry Right Triangles Measuring Rotation. Angles are measured in degrees. Angle measure can be positive or negative, depending on the direction of rotation. The angle measure is the amount of rotation between the two rays forming the angle.

Rotation is measured from the initial side to the terminal side of the angle. Positive angles Figure a result from counterclockwise rotation, and negative angles Figure b result from clockwise rotation. Figure 1 a A positive angle and b a negative angle. Angles that are in standard position are said to be quadrantal if their terminal side coincides with a coordinate axis.