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    Radians - why do we use these instead of decimal?

    Many thanks, that helps a great deal (and for the spelling correction too). I've been up 4 days (2 days straight) learning complex numbers and polar coordinates - needless to say I'm radian-mad. I've been approaching this chapter by trying to equate the radians to decimal, I guess becuase they...
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    Radians - why do we use these instead of decimal?

    I'm basically homeschooled in math so please forgive me if this question seems simple, but I have never been able to find a book that shows how radians are calculated. Through inspection I've sort of determined 45 degrees = pie/4, 60 degrees = pie/3, 90 degrees = pie/2, 180 = pie and so forth...
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