How do you convert -60 degrees into radians?

3 Answers
Harish Chandra Rajpoot
Jul 16, 2018

#\pi/3\ \text{rad}#

Explanation:

#60^\circ#

#=60\times\frac{\pi}{180} \ \text{rad}#

#=\pi/3\ \text{rad}#

Jim G.
Jul 16, 2018

#-pi/3#

Explanation:

#"to convert from "color(blue)"degrees to radians"#

#color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)("radian measure "="degree measure "xxpi/180)color(white)(2/2)|)))#

#"radian "=-cancel(60)^1xxpi/cancel(180)^3=-pi/3#

Jacobi J.
Jul 16, 2018

#-pi/3#

Explanation:

Since we are converting from degrees to radians, we can use the conversion factor

#xxpi/180#

Notice, the unit we want, radians, is in the numerator. We get

#-60*pi/180#

#-cancel(60)*pi/cancel180^3#

#=>-pi/3#

Hope this helps!

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