What is the reference angle? Trigonometry Right Triangles Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle 1 Answer 语嫣 Yu Yan · Stefan V. Aug 7, 2018 Well, the reference angle is the angle [the one which is the smallest] between the #x#-axis and the terminal side. Happy to Help:} Answer link Related questions How do you find the trigonometric functions of any angle? How do you use the ordered pairs on a unit circle to evaluate a trigonometric function of any angle? What is the reference angle for #140^\circ#? How do you find the value of #cot 300^@#? What is the value of #sin -45^@#? How do you find the trigonometric functions of values that are greater than #360^@#? How do you use the reference angles to find #sin210cos330-tan 135#? How do you know if #sin 30 = sin 150#? How do you show that #(costheta)(sectheta) = 1# if #theta=pi/4#? How do you use the unit circle to find values of #cscx#, #secx# and #cotx#? See all questions in Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle Impact of this question 7871 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License