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How do you convert 45 degrees to radians and vice versa?

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Answer:

  • 45° = π/4
  • π/4 = 45°

Explanation:

You want to convert 45 degrees to radians and vice versa.

Angle measures

A full circle consists of 2π radians, or 360°. Another measure sometimes used for angles is gradians (grads), of which 400 make a circle.

In astronomy and celestial navigation, angles of relative longitude are measured in hours, with 24 hours making a full circle.

All angle measures are proportional to one another, so can be converted using appropriate scale factors.

360° = 2π rad = 400 gon = 24 h

45°

Since there are 2π radians in 360°, π radians corresponds to 180°. To convert 45° to radians, you can multiply by π/180 (radians per degree).

45° = 45° × π/180° = π(45/180) = π/4 . . . . radians

In the reverse direction, the inverse multiplier is used:

π/4 = π/4 × 180°/π = 180°/4 = 45°

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Additional comment

A radian is a dimensionless unit. 1 rad = 1 (a pure number with no units). Often, in mathematical writing, the "rad" is omitted.

A radian is the measure of the central angle of a sector that has an arc length equal to its radius. It is about 57.29578°, very close to 57 21/71°.

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