Question

How are the coordinates of the new point found if it is rotated 270° counterclockwise? How many degrees is that equivalent to if the rotation is clockwise?

Answer 1

i know its 90 degrees clockwise, but i dont understand what else it is asking me

Answer 2

@tkhunny

Answer 3

@Compassionate

Answer 4

It's kind of an oddity of the unit circle definition of trigonometric functions. Positive increase is anti-clockwise. It's just a convention. There does not have to be cerebral motivation for it. You just have to get used to it.