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Binary Angular Measurement System

Okay, kiddo, have you ever heard of measuring angles? It's when we use numbers to tell how far something is turned or rotated.

So, in the binary system, we use only two numbers - 0 and 1 - to measure angles. Just like how we use only 0 and 1 in computers to tell them what to do.

Let's imagine a circle. We use angles to tell how far something is turned around the circle. For example, if we turn halfway around the circle, we have turned 180 degrees.

In the binary system, we divide the circle into smaller pieces called "bits." We use the smallest amount of turn or rotation possible, which is one bit. One bit is equal to one-half of a degree.

So if we turn the circle one bit, we've turned 0.5 degrees. If we turn it two bits, that's 1 degree. And so on.

It might seem like we need a lot of bits to measure an angle, but actually, we only need 360 bits to measure a full circle. That's because 360 bits are equal to 180 degrees.

So, just like how computers use 0s and 1s to do things, we can use 0s and 1s to measure angles using the binary system!
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