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Old 12-27-2012   #23
Eddie
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Originally Posted by tyke1doe View Post
You mean 180. 360 is a full circle. If you do a 360, that puts you back to where you start. If you do a 180, that puts you on the opposite side of the starting point.

I'm not trying to be condescending because I used to make the same mistake. I just see it so often. It's a common mistake.
As a math teacher, I go bonkers when people tell me they're doing a 360. They may as well tell me they did 2 pi radians.

Argh !!!!
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