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Consider the space defined by orthogonal unit vectors iand j. Let ai + bj be a vector in that space. Its direction is arctan(b/a) provided a � 0. If a � 0, the direction is pi/2 radians (or in the jdirection).
Angles are measured from the positive direction of the iaxis in the anticlockwise direction.
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