Question

Can someone explain what a radian is?

Answer 1

One radian is the angle substended at by an arc of a circle of which the arc length is equal to the radius of the circle.

Answer 2

It is a unit of angle, equal to an angle at the center of a circle whose arc is equal in length to the radius.

(courtesy of google definitions!!)

:)

Answer 3

@iheartfood But still tho its the same definition

Answer 4

haha yeah i know :)

Answer 5

i just thought maybe different kinds of definitions might help @ArkGoLucky understand it better :)

Answer 6

:)

Answer 7

Oh okay

Answer 8

When I said explain, I did not mean recite the definition to me. I already looked up the definition and did not understand it which is why I asked the question. But thanks for trying.

Answer 9

haha okay sorry!! i thought u just wanted like a definition.. :/ just wondering though, is this geometry? or what kind of math is this? radian sounds familiar to me... i just wanna see if i've learned it b4 as well so i can try to remember it :)

Answer 10

I'm learning it for trigonometry. But I understand it now

Answer 11

oh okay haha cool!! sorry i didn't answer with what u wanted! but I'm glad u understand it now :)