How do you determine the quadrant in which 4.25 radians lies?

1 Answer
Oct 26, 2017

Consider multiples of π written in decimal form.

Explanation:

4.25 is between π, which is roughly -3.14, and 3π2, which is roughly -4.71. Each quadrant has a turn of 3π2 so this means we're looking at a value which is in the third quadrant away from zero. We're counting in the clockwise direction as it's negative, so that takes us to the second (i.e. top left) quadrant.