Sin and cos functions wrong?

[Sinkler]

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.

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.