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Monday, February 7, 2011
360 Degrees
I found that the Babylonians had a number system based on the number 60, like how ours is based on 10. They picked the number 360 for the total degree of a circle because of their base number 60, and also it has many factors which other numbers as small as 360 dont. Easier to cut the circle into many different parts. Thats what i found.
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