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Originally Posted by cbk1994
You know how your calculator has a mode for radians and a mode for degrees? In programming, radians are almost always used.
I don't really know what you mean by "units associated with degrees" but that sounds like a silly reason to use radians.
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When using related rates, some problems (if you use degrees) can end up with:
"___ degrees/hour"
Which doesn't make sense (if we're talking angular calculus). That's why Radians is the preferable mode in calculus. There are no units.