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The radius of a circle is 15 what is the length of an arc that subtends an angle of Pi radians

The radius of a circle is 15 what is the length of an arc that subtends an angle of-example-1
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The arc length of a circle is calculated by the formula


s=\theta\cdot r

replace the values of the angle and the radius into the formula


\begin{gathered} s=\pi\cdot15 \\ s=15\pi \end{gathered}

the arc length of the arc that subtends an angle of pi is 15pi.

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