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How can I convert a radian angle to a degree one and add ° after it?

I am using N[(Pi/4)/Degree], but the output is 45. with the point.

How can I have instead 45°?

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    $\begingroup$ perhaps Pi/4/. Pi -> 180 Degree $\endgroup$
    – vapor
    Commented May 29, 2017 at 9:45
  • $\begingroup$ I've edited the answer and reopened this question as I believe it will benefit future readers. That is subjective but there are precedents like this, I'm open to discussion. $\endgroup$
    – Kuba
    Commented May 30, 2017 at 6:37

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I resolved that using 

(Pi/4) * (180 Degree /Pi)

Degree is a symbol similar to Pi, it contains a value Pi / 180 and it keeps the symbolic form unless used with finite precision numbers.

All functions in Mathematica work with radians so this symbol is a convenient form of a scaling factor: 40 Degree is verbose but holds numerical value in radians.

Extracting radians is a simple as taking N[40 Degree], or using 40..

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  • $\begingroup$ The bad thing is it doesn't work when the given angle is numeric, e.g. when obtained using NSolve[]. $\endgroup$
    – alejnavab
    Commented Jul 19, 2020 at 18:41

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