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Re: RADIANS

Two possibilities:
1. Degrees are no more of a "unit" than radians. Radians are ratios of arc
length to radius. Degrees are fractions of a rotation.
2. The conversion factor (Mr. One) is 180 degrees/pi radians.
I prefer the first.
Skip

-----Original Message-----
From: David Abineri [SMTP:dabineri@CHOICE.NET]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 6:13 AM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: RADIANS

I wonder if anyone can share how they deal with the question that I have
from my students as to how radians, which are unit less, can be
converted to degrees which are a specific unit. How do (would) you guys
address this issue with high school students?

Thanks for any suggestions, Dave Abineri


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David Abineri dabineri@choice.net