Question

When would degree measure be appropriate?
@mathmale

Answer 1

When non-math oriented people talk about angles, they almost always speak of angles in degrees. So, if you're talking with someone who has not studied trig, you'd want to discuss angles in that measure, not in radians.

Have you thought of doing an Internet search for more info., perhaps using "measuring angles in degrees" as your search term?

Answer 2

no in genral what is degree measurment good for?

Answer 3

@mathmale

Answer 4

Here I'd prefer to ask YOU for examples. In what kind of situations have you measured angles? Did you use degree or radian measure? Why?

Answer 5

degree i need what kinda problem is good for degree

Answer 6

woohoo: I'm sure YOU must have measured angles in various situations in the past. I challenge you to think of YOUR OWN experience; any such experience is likely to be a good example of where you'd measure angles in degrees (instead of in radians).

Answer 7

uhh is measuring the corneer of my room an example of measuring in degrees @mathmale

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Let's go out onto my deck and watch the sun rise. Usually, when the sun appears above the distant mounains, it's higher than we are, so we have to look up at it. We'd call this the "angle of elevation." I've never seen this angle described in radians; it's generally described in degrees. Example: "As the sun rose this morning, I used my transit (a piece of equipment used by surveyors) to measure its angle of elevation above the horizon in degrees. My transit is marked in degrees, not in radians."

Answer 10

lol can we have a more real examplle? or is this the only one?

Answer 11

That's about as "real life" as I can think of. Time for you to think of some examples and toss them into the mix.

If you've studied trigonometry, you've probably heard the term, "30-60-90" triangle." such a triangle is helpful in remembering the trig functions of 30, 60 and 90 degree angles. You don't find "pi/6-pi/3-pi/2 triangles mentioned."

Answer 12

Please go onto the Internet and do a search for "measuring angles in degrees" or something like that.

I did, and one of the sites I found was:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/degrees.html