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The getAngle function tests the signs of the values for opposite and adjacent. If the signs indicate that the angle lies in the second quadrant, thevalue returned from the Math.atan method is corrected to place the angle in thesecond quadrant. The corrected angle is returned by the getAngle function.
A positive opposite/adjacent ratio
Similarly, if the opposite/adjacent ratio is positive, this doesn't necessarily mean that the angle lies in the first quadrant. That positive ratiocould result from a negative opposite value and a negative adjacent value. In that case, the angle would lie in the third quadrant between 180 degrees and 270degrees.
Again, the getAngle function tests the signs of the values for opposite and adjacent. If both values are negative, the value returned from the Math.atanmethod is corrected to place the angle in the third quadrant.
No corrections required...
Finally, if no corrections are required for the quadrant, the getAngle function returns the value returned by the Math.atan method. Note however, thatin all cases, the Math.atan method returns the angle in radians. That value is converted to degrees by the getAngle function and the returned value is indegrees.
Positive and negative angles
As you can see from the results of the test shown in Figure 18 , angles in the first, second, and third quadrants are returned as positive angles in degrees.However, angles in the fourth quadrant are returned as negative angles in degrees.
Figure 2 and Figure 16 show the actual mirror image versions of the images contained in the svg files. Figure 19 and Figure 20 show the same images in their non-mirror-image orientation.
| Figure 19 . Normal image from file Phy1020b1.svg. |
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| Figure 20 . Normal image plot of cosine and sine curves from the file named Phy1020a1svg. |
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