Re: calculus-radians or degrees

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From: Dave Buck
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <47qdri$42b@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>,
Writers Network  <writers@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca> wrote:
>Hi! This is my first time using the net and I have a question.  I was wondering why problems in 
>calculus involving trigonometry must use radian measure instead of degree measure.  Why is this 
>the case?
>Thanks, Annette (Holy Heart of Mary - St John's, Nfld. Canada) 
>

Degrees only exist because somebody happened to like the number 360
and used it to divide up circles.  Radians are much more fundamental.
They represent the distance around the circumference of a unit circle that
corresponds to the angle covered by that distance.  This is
independent of the units used to measure the distance.

David Buck
dbuck@ccs.carleton.ca

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