Why do radians even exist? Why would you use them instead of degrees?
In: Mathematics
When you ask your scientific calculator co compute, for example, cosine of 48.5-degrees, the calculator logic actually converts to radians first before generating the polynomial sequence which will compute the answer. Radians are the natural unit.
Cosine 48.5-degrees = Cosine 0.8464-radians = 1 – (08464)^2 /2! + (08464)^4 /4! – (08464)^6 /6! + (08464)^8 /8! – etc.
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