A student says that the measures of coterminal angles are never opposites of each other. Is the student correct?

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asked Jan 7, 2020 155k views

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Jhnnycrvr · Answer 1 · 2020-01-08T08:28:23+0000

Answer:

The student is wrong. Two angles are coterminal if and only if the difference between their measures is a multiple of 360°.

The difference between the angles 180° and –180° is 360°, and they are coterminal. Therefore the student is WRONG.

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Vbezhenar · Answer 2 · 2020-01-13T10:49:32+0000

Answer:

Wrong

Explanation:

The student is wrong. Two angles are coterminal if and only if the difference between their measures is a multiple of 360°.

The difference between the angles 180° and –180° is 360°, and they are coterminal. Therefore the student is WRONG.