FoxTrot by Bill Amend for September 20, 2009
September 13, 2009
September 27, 2009
Transcript:
Peter: Hold the ball so I can practice placekicking. Jason: What angle should I hold it at? 45 degrees? 60 degrees? Peter: Sixty's about right. Jason: Actually, mind if I use radians? I'm more comfortable with those. Peter: Whatever. Jason: Ok, ?/3 radians. Be right back. Peter: Where are you going?! Jason: To get a protractor. Paige: I thought you were playing with Peter. Jason: Oh, I AM. Trust me.
pi radians equals 180 degrees. So pi/3 would be sixty degrees. Radians are a more “natural” angle measure than degrees, which are more convenient for everyday angle measurement. 180 degrees is a semicircle, not a straight line, although I do understand what you are saying.