Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Why is the numbering on the four quadrants counterclockwise?

does anyone know why the quadrants on a grid in math are counter-clockwise instead of clockwise?Why is the numbering on the four quadrants counterclockwise?
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Read that. However, it points out that it has to do with angles and trigonometry.

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