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Tradition. The Egyptians did it first, and it caught on. It worked so well, that the Egyptian originally thought there were 360 days in a year.
360 is extraordinarily useful as a number to divide into with its quite large number of factors, so we still use it for circular measurement.
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How many Degreese is a circle?
There are 360 degrees in a circle.
Is a circle 360 degrees or 180 degrees?
A full circle is 360 degrees. 180 degrees is a half circle. 90 degrees is a quarter circle.
Degrees in a circle?
There are 360 degrees in a circle.
How do you find the number of degrees in a circle from a percentage?
The number of degrees in a circle is always 360.The number if degrees in a part of a circle is that same part of 360.In 74.2% of a circle, there are 74.2% of 360 degrees.
How many degrees are in 52 percent of a circle?
A circle is 360 degrees. So:52% of 360 degrees:= 52% * 360= 0.52 * 360= 187.2 degrees
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