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What is the most common unit used to measure angles in geometry, where a full circle is 360 units?

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degrees

The system of 360 degrees in a circle likely comes from ancient Babylonians who used a base-60 number system. They chose 360 because it is close to the number of days in a year and is easily divisible by many numbers.

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