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minor arc length with 40 degrees and 9cm radius

 May 12, 2014

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I'm assuming that you want to know about the arc length??

Remember, in the arc length "formula," we need to convert the degrees to radians....so we have....

40 * (pi) / 180   =  2/9 pi

So we have

s = r * Θ

s = (9cm) * (2/9 * pi)       And using 3.14 for pi, we have

s = (2 * 3.14)cm ≈ 6.28cm

 May 12, 2014
 #1
avatar+130511 
+5
Best Answer

I'm assuming that you want to know about the arc length??

Remember, in the arc length "formula," we need to convert the degrees to radians....so we have....

40 * (pi) / 180   =  2/9 pi

So we have

s = r * Θ

s = (9cm) * (2/9 * pi)       And using 3.14 for pi, we have

s = (2 * 3.14)cm ≈ 6.28cm

CPhill May 12, 2014

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