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Why is it reasonable to use the same units to describe circles and measure of angles?

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Answer:

The more familiar unit of measurement is that of degrees. A circle is divided into 360 equal degrees, so that a right angle is 90°.

Step-by-step explanation:

The unit circle, or trig circle as it's also known, is useful to know because it lets us easily calculate the cosine, sine, and tangent of any angle between 0° and 360° (or 0 and 2π radians)

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