203 Degree Angle

A 203° angle is reflex because it measures between 180° and 360°. It is the "outside" of a 157° angle: together they make a full 360° circle.

203° is 203/360 of a full circle, or 203π/180 radians. If you face north and turn 203° clockwise, you end up facing between SSW and SW (closest to south-southwest (SSW)).

203° angle facts

Trigonometric values of 203°

203° on a protractor

How to draw a 203° angle with a protractor

1. Subtract from 360°: 360° − 203° = 157°. A standard protractor only goes to 180°, so you draw the smaller angle first.
2. Draw a straight line with a ruler and mark the vertex at one end.
3. Place the protractor's center mark on the vertex, line up the 0° baseline with your line, and make a dot at 157°.
4. Join the vertex to the dot. The inside angle is 157°; the outside angle, going the long way around, is 203°. Draw the angle arc on the outside and label it 203°.
5. With a 360° protractor you can skip the subtraction: put 0° on your first line and mark 203° directly.

Drawing it a 203° angle without a protractor (rise and run method)

1. 203° = 180° − 23°. Draw a straight line, pick a vertex on it, and build a 23° angle on one side as follows; the angle on the other side of the new line is 157°.
2. Draw a straight baseline and measure exactly 10 inches along it from the vertex.
3. At the 10-inch mark, draw a short line straight up at 90° (use a carpenter's square or the corner of a sheet of paper).
4. Measure 4.24 inches (about 4 1/4″) up that line and make a mark.
5. Join the mark to the vertex. The angle at the vertex is 23°, because tan 23° ≈ 0.4245.
6. That gives you 157°. The outside (reflex) angle is 203°.

Where you see 203° angles

• The Earth turns 203° on its axis in about 13 h 32 min.
• A 203° reflex angle is what you measure when you go the "long way" around, like the outside corner of a building or a turn of more than half a circle.

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• Explement: 157°
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