array(350, 10), '2nd' => array(90, 180, 270, 360), '3rd' => array(10, 20, 30) ); foreach($samples as $key => $sample){ echo 'Mean angle for ' . $key . ' sample: ' . meanAngle($sample) . ' degrees.' . PHP_EOL; } function meanAngle ($angles){ $y_part = $x_part = 0; $size = count($angles); for ($i = 0; $i < $size; $i++){ $x_part += cos(deg2rad($angles[$i])); $y_part += sin(deg2rad($angles[$i])); } $x_part /= $size; $y_part /= $size; return rad2deg(atan2($y_part, $x_part)); } ?>