Angle between a vector and the positive X axis

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Neena
Neena 2012-6-4
编辑： Walter Roberson 2020-8-14
Hi all,
I wish to find the angle between a vector that has the equation y=m*x+c and the positive X axis. Is there a way in MATLAB that I can do it. I get the values for m and c using polyfit. The slope m doesnt always give the angle with reference to the positive X axis. I was wondering if there is an easier way in MATLAB to do this.
Your help is appreciated.

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Steve Eddins
Steve Eddins 2012-6-4
Try this:
atan(m)
If you need the answer in degrees, then:
atan(m) * 180 / pi
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Neena
Neena 2012-6-4
编辑：Walter Roberson 2020-8-14
Hi Steve,
The reason why I want to know this is that I want to rotate the vector by the angle so that its direction is along the positive X axis. I use atan(m) for the analysis. But sometimes it gives me errorenous results. Take for instance this example. (I have given my code as well)
X=[0 -0.1705 -0.1630 -0.0060 -0.0308];
Y=[0 -1.0382 -2.2907 -3.2725 -3.6321];
x1=[X;Y];
poly=polyfit(x1(1,1:4),x1(2,1:4),1); %the vector is the line that fits the first four points
theta=atan(poly(1));
%this is the way I find the correct angle of rotation.
sumx=sum(x1(1,:));
if (sumx>0)
theta=-theta;
else
theta=-(pi+theta);
end
%computation of rotation angle
rot=[cos(theta) -sin(theta); sin(theta) cos(theta)];
x2=rot*x1;
plot(x1(1,:),x1(2,:))
hold on
plot(x2(1,:),x2(2,:),'*r')
even though the vector points along the negative X direction, atan gives an angle estimate of about 20 degrees. Can you please tell me what I am doing wrong. I want x1 to point along the positive X axis after rotation.

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oblivious
oblivious 2012-6-4
you might want to consider all possible combinations i.e. 1st and 2nd quadrant.
b=atan(m);
if b<0
ang=pi+b;
else ang=b;
end
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson 2012-7-8
Ryan seader
Ryan seader 2020-8-14
You decide to find a resultant of more than just two forces by resolving each individual force into its rectangular components and then combining them to find the rectangular components of the resultant force. You do not want to use the triangle rule with the law of sines and cosines, because you would need to do it first for the first two vectors and then again to combine the third vector with the resultant of the first two. The following steps can be arranged to allow for the determination of the magnitude and direction of the resultant force of multiple forces using their rectangular components. Give the correct order in which to implement each step, assuming that you are going to calculate the magnitude of the resultant first before you calculate its direction.

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