Posted by kate on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 10:50pm.
think of a rotating arm of length 1 rotating about the origin (0,0)
at 180º the end of the arm will land on (-1,0)
tan (theta) = y/x
tan 180 = 0/-1 = 0
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