Do We Use Radians or Degrees for Calculating Inverse Tangent Functions?

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here in like thi9s queation we use ( Rad ) or (deg ) in the calcolator ?
 

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In general, unless a question specifically involves triangles with angles measured in degrees, trig function arguments are in radians.
 
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