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Because the ancient mathematicians who were doing work with circles decided that 360
would be a good number to use to define one complete revolution (or circle).
In that way, they could split up the whole thing into 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 24,
30, 36, 40, 45, 60, 72, 90, 120, or 180 equal pieces without ever using fractions of degrees.
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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.
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