What are the implications of the fact that radian measures of angles are real numbers?

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Let's say that we proved that the radian measures of angles are real numbers (i.e. if we have an angle $x \text{ rads}$, then $x \in \Bbb R$) since the radian measure of an angle $\theta$ is the length of the arc that subtends an angle of $\theta$ at the centre of a unit circle and the lengths attain real values only. [A good way to visualize this is by drawing a number line tagential to a point on the unit circle and then 'warping' the line along the circle's circumference].

Now, why do we prove this? I would like to know about the implications of this result?

Thanks!