Are complete cycles in trigonometry always 360 degrees?

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When dealing with periods and amplitudes in trigonometry, are all complete cycles (for cosine, sine, and tan functions) considered to be 360(degrees)?

I'm just wondering, because I want to make sure now so that I can apply it to the appropriate questions when the time comes.


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I think this is the right thing for you: http://catcode.com/trig/trig09.html

Also the period of the trigonometric functions is not same for all of them.

sin(x) and cos(x) have 2k[itex]\pi[/itex] period and tg(x) and ctg(x) have k[itex]\pi[/itex] period.

So if you have:
sinx=a:
[tex]x=\begin{bmatrix}<br /> arcsin(a)+2k\pi\\ <br /> \pi - arcsin(a)+2k\pi<br /> \end{bmatrix}[/tex]
cosx=a:
[tex]x=\begin{bmatrix}<br /> \pm arccos(a)+2k\pi \\<br /> \end{bmatrix}[/tex]
tgx=a:
[tex]x=\begin{bmatrix}<br /> arctg(a) + k\pi \\<br /> \end{bmatrix}[/tex]
ctgx=a
[tex]x=\begin{bmatrix}<br /> arcctg(a) + k\pi \\<br /> \end{bmatrix}[/tex]

I hope this helped you.