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has a radius of 6 6. An arc in this circle has a central angle of 4 8 ∘ 48 ∘ . What is the length of the arc? Either enter an exact answer in terms of π π or use 3 . 1 4 3.14 for π π and enter your answer as a decimal

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Because all circles have a measure of 360°, an angle measure of 48° would have a proportion of
(48)/(360) or 2/15. For circumference, the formula is 2πr. We already know the circumference, so
2(3.14)*6*(2)/(15) is 5.02 units long. In terms of pi this would be 1.6pi.

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