1. Big Ben, the famous clock in London, has a minute hand that is 14 feet long. How far does the tip of the minute hand of Big Ben travel in 20 minutes? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
The tip of the minute hand on Big Ben travels feet in 20 minutes.
10. Find the length of a radius of a circle with a central angle of 3π/5 and an arc length of 24π/5
The length of a radius of the circle is units.
Big Ben, the famous clock in London, has a minute hand that is 14 feet long. How far does the tip of the minute hand of Big Ben travel in 20 minutes? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
The minute hand is the radius of the circle it traverses, so the diameter of that circle is 28 feet.
The circumference of a circle with a diameter of 28 feet = pi x 28 ft = 3.14 x 24 ft = 87.92 ft
20 minutes is a third of the way around a 60 minute clock, so the end of the minute hand travels 87.92/3 = 29.3 ft
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