The basic angle is also known as the reference angle or acute angle or simply alpha.
The lesson discusses the concept of the reference angle and how it is used as a representation of "bigger" angles.
Any angles more than 360(deg) cannot be visualized easily but they are no less important in trigonometric theories.
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