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 ComplementaryAngleDegree

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Compute the geometric complement to a given angle using degrees

Contributed by: Paco Jain (Wolfram Research)

ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][θ]

gives the complement to the angle of θ in degrees.

Details and Options

ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"] takes all angles to be measured in degrees.
The complement of an angle θ is defined to be the angle which sums with θ to form a right angle. In other words, 90°-θ.

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Compute the complement of an angle:

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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][35]
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Scope (3) 

ComplementaryAngleDegree works directly on Quantity expressions with units of "AngularDegrees":

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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][ Quantity[14, "AngularDegrees"]]
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ComplementaryAngleDegree works directly on DMS lists of the type returned by DMSList:

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dmsList = DMSList[87.32]
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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][dmsList]
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ComplementaryAngleDegree works directly on DMS strings of the type returned by DMSString:

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dmsString = DMSString[63.19]
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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][dmsString]
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Properties and Relations (4) 

ComplementaryAngleDegree will remain unevaluated for non-numeric input:

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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][a]
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ComplementaryAngleDegree will return a negative result if the input angle is greater than 90°:

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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][120]
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For negative input, ComplementaryAngleDegree returns a result greater than 90°:

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ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][-46]
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For numeric input, ComplementaryAngleDegree is its own inverse:

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r = RandomReal[{0, 360}]; ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][ ResourceFunction["ComplementaryAngleDegree"][r]] == r
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Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 05 July 2019

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