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pif
714 days ago
No! We measure angles in radians because it's the simplest way to link the length of an arc to the radius of the circle.
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aidenn0
714 days ago
But we have an inconsistency because pi relates the diameter to the circumference, not the radius to the circumference, which leaves an annoying 2 in the 2pi radians in a circle.
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