Why do radians even exist? Why would you use them instead of degrees?

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Why do radians even exist? Why would you use them instead of degrees?

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Radians are not a real unit. It’s more ratio of arc length to radius (m/m = dimensionless). That in itself has interesting properties, for example when converting angular speed in rad/s (so really /s) to linear speed at a wheel’s circumference (v = angular speed x radius)…among others.

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